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Examples Of Infidelity In The Great Gatsby

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The married couple, Tom Buchanan and Daisy Buchanan, show that the worst way to fix complacency is infidelity. Both Tom and Daisy become complacent with their marriage and turn to cheating on one another as they look for something better.

Tom started cheating on Daisy just after they got married and started a pattern of infidelity. In the movie, The Great Gatsby, Tom’s affair is shown with Myrtle Wilson. WIth this affair, Tom is proving that he doesn’t truly love Daisy, therefore doesn’t want to change anything about their marriage. Daisy says, “Tom was God knows where... with God knows whom.” With Tom constantly getting calls from Myrtle, and cheating with her, it destroys his marriage with Daisy. He shows that he is complacent in his marriage with Daisy and needed something or someone else to fulfill his desires. Like Tom, Daisy wants something new and more than what she has with Tom. …show more content…

Daisy decides to cheat with Jay Gatsby after she becomes bored and complacent with Tom. She finds out that her long-lost lover in Gatsby comes to find her and is now very rich. However, she does love Tom at the beginning of their marriage. Over time, though, she realizes Tom’s true self and is not in love with him like she was at the beginning. In the movie Daisy states, “I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything. I've had a very bad time, Nicky. I'm pretty cynical about everything.” Tom’s money can only do so much. He’s shown her everything and given her everything money can buy, but Daisy feels as though she is done with Tom and wants something new. Gatsby seems to be that “something new” that she wants, so she cheats on Tom and goes with

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Myrtle's sister Catherine states “when they get married they’re going west to live for a while until it blows over.”(34) Tom is a married man, and never made a promise to Myrtle that he would separate from Daisy to be with her. Myrtle is a side chick of Tom’s and she doesn’t want to believe that’s all. Mrs. Wilson shouted “Daisy!

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Daisy too is in love with Jay Gatsby who had almost ruined her life while receiving the letter the day of her wedding. Daisy wanted to cancel the wedding day and spend the rest of her life with Jay, but her mother thought other wise. Daisy went on to marry Tom and spent five years with him before finally spending time with Jay while drinking tea at Nick Carraway's household. Daisy had told Jay that she wishes she “had done everything on earth with

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Tom cares more about his affair with Myrtle than his own wife. Neither Tom nor Daisy truly want to be in the relationship. George has his life all mixed up not knowing that Myrtle is being unfaithful

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Tom was not loving to begin with, but because he treated her badly and forced her into the relationship, Daisy felt the urge to then cheat on him with Gatsby. It is evident within this section of the story, that Tom is basing his behavior towards Daisy, on how his affair ended with Myrtle. During the story, when Myrtle dies, Tom is unfamiliar with how to handle the situation and is unfamiliar with how to treat Daisy. Although sad, yet true, it is present

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If Tom did actually love Daisy, then he would not cheat on her with Myrtle time and time again. As for Daisy, she's not at all in love with Tom at all. Daisy only chooses to stay with Tom for the life he can provide for her. “They had spent a year in France for no

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“‘Even that’s a lie,’ said Tom savagely. She didn’t know you were alive. Why- there’re things between Daisy and me that you’ll never know, things that neither of us can ever forget.” (Fitzgerald 132). Even when Tom knows that Daisy is cheating on him with Jay Gatsby, he contends his marriage and fights for her.

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However, in chapter 7, during the confrontation, Daisy quickly rethinks her decisions and states, ‘I did love him once – but I loved you too’. As Gatsby hopes and expectations of them being together breaks the audience starts to comprehend that Daisy contradicting statements is purely because she is afraid to leave Tom. Tom came from a wealthy family and was highly respected in society. Daisy knew that life with him would be luxiourous and entirely satisfactory in terms of respect and wealth. In addition, the author is trying to convey to the audience that Daisy is too secure in her marriage with Tom to even consider leaving it.

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Gatsby and Daisy has a past history of love, Gatsby never stopped loving her but Daisy stopped loving him. When Gatsby come back home Daisy’s old emotions come back keep in mind that she knows Tom is cheating on her only fuels the love she has for Gatsby. By cheating she uses the something that hurts her and turns it into something that makes her happy. Daisy also cheats because Gatsby makes her feel appreciated when her husband Tom hasn’t made her feel that way. Tom shows thought the book he doesn't have and regard for object or living things Tom uses Daisy as a trophy rather than his wife.

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The actions Tom takes near the end of the story show how hypocritical Tom really is. For some reason, Tom is irritated that Gatsby and Daisy seem to have feelings for each other, but his affair with Myrtle is completely fine with him. To Tom, there is nothing wrong with him cheating on Daisy, but Daisy wanting to be with Gatsby is a horrid thing, even

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Introduction- Is being immoral bad when everyone around does it? The Great Gatsby is told from the view of Nick Carraway, he tells the story of his friend Jay Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby, there is a billboard with the eyes of a man named Dr. T. J. Eckleburg; the eyes are a representation of the eyes of God. The eyes of God oversee a place called the Valley of Ashes; a place where a great amount of moral wasteland is. The moral wasteland that is seen through the eyes of T. J. Eckleburg is infidelity because the action can break a strong bond, dishonesty because some people may not trust the person anymore, and overstepping others' boundaries can make a bond thin away.

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Tom claims he loves Daisy the whole book, but yet he cheats on her. Tom even has the nerve to get jealous when Daisy talks about Gatsby like he isn't doing something much worse. Tom also selfishly breaks apart Wilson and Myrtle, he puts on this nice guy act with Wilson while he’s slowly destroying his life. But Tom apparently still loves Daisy.

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In the present time, Daisy is moved on and married, with a child in a beautiful grand home. Her relationship with Tom can be speculated to be based on her wanting to gain his finances or that he can support her like no one else can. Daisy portrays an idealistic vision of herself, and , throughout the story, shows a selfish and narcissistic persona at times. Daisy and Gatsby

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Tom cared more about his affair with Myrtle than his own wife. Neither Tom nor Daisy truly wanted to be in the relationship. George had his life all mixed up not knowing that Myrtle is being unfaithful to him. These instances of dishonesty from all of these characters against each other result in their own twisted realities due to unfaithfulness and dishonesty.

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Tom is married to Daisy Buchanan and the only reason why they have not divorced is because, Daisy is a catholic and “catholics do not believe in divorce”(37). However, Myrtle is married as well to George Wilson, which she is not happy to be with and is having an affair with Tom. The only difference is that Tom has always had an affair with multiple women which shows that he may not even be taking Myrtle as serious as she is towards him. For example, according to the story, “ Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing in impassioned voices whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy’s name. Myrtle shouts, Daisy!

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