By weaving together the motifs of prejudice and compassion throughout the plot, Harper Lee expresses an important theme. Early in the story, Nick drives over from west egg and east egg to visit his second cousin daisy and her husband tom, whom Nick knew from college. Nick lived in a little house next to a mysterious millionaire. He has heard of him before, but has never met him in person. Nick would sit on his front porch and see somebody looking out the window in the big castle like mansion. So Tom takes Nick to a party at Myrtles apartment, where nick sees the real Tom and how Tom actually treats myrtle, and see’s how myrtle acts like an East egger. Gatsby’s mansion was “a colossal affair...with a tower on one side…, a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden”. Tom commented on his own mansion to Nick with “‘I’ve got a …show more content…
He was trying to impress Daisy, and make Tom feel jealous. He had Tom be “the polo guy”. Daisy and Gatsby talked a lot. They danced, and then everyone went home after a while. Gatsby thought Daisy hated it, and then talked to Nick about when he first met Daisy as an officer. Gatsby began talking about how he had met Daisy, and how when he first kissed her he knew he had wanted to be with this girl forever…”He knew when he had kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.” Tom realises he is beginning to slip away from both of the women in his life. He is losing both of them. Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and Nick all go to Tom and Daisy’s house where Daisy was supposed to confess her feelings for Gatsby. But instead they then take a ride to a Plaza hotel where things become very violent and Daisy says she loves Gatsby but she also loves Tom. Tom realises he is beginning to slip away from both of the women in his life. He is losing both of