Tom fail to maintain his image of a successful man with a perfect family who came from wealth when he has an affair with Myrtle, who is George’s wife as Myrtle’s dream to be as same level as the upper level people is achieved when she with Tom. In order to make her fantasy alive, she having an affair with Tom who is rich and famous. Tom is used by Myrtle as a means of pursuing her dream. Myrtle says, “The only crazy I was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in, and never told me about it, and the man came after it one say when he was out…" (Fitzgerald, 37), Myrtle is regretting of her marriage with George Wilson because bask then she thinks that she was crazy about him and they …show more content…
The appearance of happy family which Tom strives for is only an illusion or a fantasy because Daisy is disobeying him. It shows that they are having a problem in their relationship and did not happy with their marriage but they try to pretend look like a happy couple in front of their wealthy friends. Tom’s marriage is not a happy marriage can also be seen when Jordan, the Buchanan’s friend, reveals Tom’s affair to Nick. “Tom’s got some woman in New York”(Fitzgerald 20). Tom’s affair with Myrtle is actually known by Daisy but she did not do anything because if she expose tom’s affair, it will ruined up the image of their perfect family as well as their reputations. Moreover, Tom’s perfect family is also an illusion when Daisy also has an affair with Gatsby. Based on their affair, it makes that the reader realize that Tom has an imperfect family and his image of a successful man with a perfect family who came from wealth is only a deceptive fantasy. Thus, the upper class image that Tom strives for is a spurious