Essay About Relationships In The Great Gatsby

Relationships In the book, The Great Gatsby, there are many dynamic and complicated relationships between the characters. This book is narrated by Nick Carraway, and while reading the story it is important to question his trustworthiness. Nick tells the reader about all of the events in the novel, which includes the relationships between the characters. In the first and second chapters of the book, there are two significant relationships in the story; they are Tom and Daisy’s relationship with each other, and Tom and Myrtle’s relationship with each other. Nick is connected to both Tom and Daisy. Tom was Nick’s college friend, and Daisy is Nick’s cousin. Nick’s relationship with Tom and Daisy extremely impacts his views and opinions while he narrates the story.

Nick thinks very highly of Daisy, and he describes her as a beautiful women who makes you feel as if you were the most important person in the world. Nick is very enamored with Daisy, but implies that Tom is very selfish and sophisticated. Nick also witnesses how unhealthy Tom and Daisy’s relationship is. Daisy taunts Tom by saying, “That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking physical specimen” (15). Tom replies by saying, “I hate that word hulking” (15). He does not show much interest when he communicates with Daisy almost as if she is not worth his time. Tom also shows a limited amount of interest in the dinner he is hosting, because he answers his mistress’s telephone call while they were eating. Daisy tries to divert her guest’s attention by telling an obnoxious story about the butler’s nose. She also response to Tom by replying to his rude comments with cutting remarks. During the dinner, it was very apparent that Tom and Daisy do not love one