Tom was amused, for he knew that this would be the outcome. According to Bruccoli in his piece “Daisy Fay Buchanan”, women aren’t held accountable for their actions, (Bruccoli, “Daisy Fay Buchanan” para. 6). Tom had expected only that reaction from Daisy and knew that she would not really be held accountable for her reaction. Gatsby clearly did not know what he had gotten himself into and that was his downfall, he so blindly believed that she would choose love over status. “For Gatsby, the realization is complete: the past is gone. There is no way to recreate that perfect moment” (Bloom para. 155). Even so he chooses to protect her when the following events occur. Daisy really led Gatsby to his own death, she had an idea of what was to come
