Control issues and infidelity have ruined the lives of numerous due to just 2 men. Tom Buchanan and George Wilson were rich men with marital problems that eventually turned into more serious actions. The book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of the rich and how their lives precede on a normal basis. It talks of the countless controlling, unethical, and selfish decisions that are made by these higher classed people. These two men both had controlling aspects about them throughout the entire plot line, however, they sometimes showed contrasting characteristics from one other. Besides their differences, both men ruined others' lives and ran away from the problems in front of them. Tom and George were virtually identical …show more content…
Mr. Wilson works on cars and makes an average wage for the period. This causes marital problems as he cannot offer Myrtle the dream life she wants to live. While Tom does not work at all and inherited a considerable amount of riches. Tom’s riches are the reason Daisy stays around because he was an acceptable man after Gatsby left for the army. Myrtle once states “I married him because I thought he was a gentleman. I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe” (Fitzgerald 39). The statement produced by Myrtle shows how she feels about her husband Wilson. Even though he works his life to make her happy, she chooses to go off and sleep with Tom. Tom was given all his money and never worked for it, but George’s wife was centered around having the expensive things in life. Tom speaks to Gatsby and says “...Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me now” (Fitzgerald 138). Tom uses this statement to describe to Gatsby how Daisy had always loved him. While Daisy was cheating with Gatsby she went off and chose Tom because that is what was right based on his riches, and was the reason she originally chose him over the less wealthy Gatsby, when he left for the service. Besides the fact that the men receive their incomes in alternative ways, Tom managed to retain his wife, unlike Mr. Wilson. But, both men tend to run away from