Daisy In The Great Gatsby

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald brings a complex topic to our hands. Tom an “old-money” man thinks he has the right to cheat on his wife but when he finds out Daisy is doing the same he is shocked and furious at her. The question that arises from this problem is whether Tom has the right to get upset about Daisy cheating on him while he is having an affair on the side with Myrtle? Tom in his mind thinks he is morally correct by being able to cheat on his wife, the way I perceive this is that nobody is morally in the right in this situation. When you marry someone, you bind yourself to always love the other person and would never cheat on the other. Focusing on Tom, it is clearly demonstrated that he thinks that Daisy should not be cheating on him when Fitzgerald says, “She had told him she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded… ‘Come …show more content…
Wilson and Daisy have been sitting around knowing nothing of this. The personality of Tom is clearly depicted when Tom exclaims, “’Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He’s so dumb he doesn’t know he’s alive’” (Fitzgerald). For Tom this is fun to be fooling around with another man’s wife. He finds the adventure in his life with Myrtle that he is lacking in the relationship with Daisy. With this problem in Tom’s and Daisy’s marriage, Tom thinks it is alright for him to go have an affair with Myrtle. This circles all around Tom’s personality. Tom having inherited so much money gives him the subconscious thought it is alright for him to do whatever pleases him as well as the fact that he is a man. Once Tom realizes that Gatsby and Daisy are in a relationship he starts to freak out. Fitzgerald illustrates this by saying, “I think he was afraid they would dart out of his life forever” (Fitzgerald 126). Tom as much as he might love Daisy he is hindering her from blossoming and to enjoy her life with the person she truly cares