he Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates that the immoral living can lead one to loose sight of what is important in life. The characters throughout the novel are filled with infidelities, dishonesty and greed, as the novel progresses they continue to show signs of immoral living. All of them are dishonest, even Nick is dishonest even though he believes “[he is] one of the few honest people that [ he has] ever [known]”(39). He was dishonest when he helped Gatsby met with Daisy. Although he might not feel he is doing anything wrong, he is helping them cheat. He helps Daisy and Gatsby unite at his house, overlooking the immorality of it all. He does not even care that Gatsby is trying to take Daisy away for Tom. Nick is very disloyal because he has known Tom longer; he should be more loyal to him than to Gatsby, the guy he just met. Nick is willing to jeopardize Tom’s and Daisy’s marriage to please Gatsby. …show more content…
He was never there for Daisy like a husband should be. Tom was not there for Daisy when she had their child. Once the baby was born, “she was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where”(13). This did not just happen was once he would always leave to see his mistresses who he has had all through out their marriage. His current mistress in Myrtle. Tom being with Myrtle was wrong on so many levels because Tom was cheating on his wife and Myrtle was cheating on her husband. When Tom and Nick went into the city with Myrtle both Nick and Tom were immoral. Nick didn’t seem to care that Tom was cheating on his cousin Daisy. When Myrtle was yelling out Daisy’s name, with much anger, Tom broke he nose in order to shut her up. Tom often showed signs of rage and violence. Although at first he seems to be the immoral one of the marriage, Daisy also is very