In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the rich care about nothing more than self benefit. All of the characters with the exception of Gatsby consistently move through their daily life with no regard for others. They are motivated only by the prospect of improving their life even at the expense of others.
Throughout the story both Daisy and Tom do and say things that they hope will either benefit themselves or paints a higher picture of them. Tom thinks about himself almost as if he has less responsibility and doing so creates a double standard between how he feels he acts and how Daisy acts. After he learns that Gatsby will be attending dinner with them at his house Tom questions where Daisy could have met Gatsby, “I may be old fashioned in my ideas, but women …show more content…
This is very ironic of Tom to say because of the affair he is having with Myrtle. A lot of people are aware that Tom is having an affair but he didn’t think twice about saying that about Daisy. This shows Tom trying to make himself out to be a good person in front Mr. Sloane. Once Gatsby and Nick has arrived at the house Daisy tells Tom to go make them all cold drinks. Once Tom has left the room and they are no longer in his sight Daisy walks over to Gatsby and kisses him and says, “You know I love you.” (Fitzgerald 122.) This is very selfish of Daisy because she is putting Gatsby and Tom in a very odd situation. To everyone else in the room of course this is unbelievable and causes Jordan to denounce Daisy by asking if she had forgot they were not alone, Daisy exclaims, “I don’t care!” (Fitzgerald 122.) She
Throughout the story both Daisy and Tom do and say things that they hope will either benefit themselves or paints a higher picture of them. Tom thinks about himself almost as if he has less responsibility and doing so creates a double standard between how he feels he acts and how Daisy acts. After he learns that Gatsby will be attending dinner with them at his house Tom questions where Daisy could have met Gatsby, “I may be old fashioned in my ideas, but women …show more content…
This is very ironic of Tom to say because of the affair he is having with Myrtle. A lot of people are aware that Tom is having an affair but he didn’t think twice about saying that about Daisy. This shows Tom trying to make himself out to be a good person in front Mr. Sloane. Once Gatsby and Nick has arrived at the house Daisy tells Tom to go make them all cold drinks. Once Tom has left the room and they are no longer in his sight Daisy walks over to Gatsby and kisses him and says, “You know I love you.” (Fitzgerald 122.) This is very selfish of Daisy because she is putting Gatsby and Tom in a very odd situation. To everyone else in the room of course this is unbelievable and causes Jordan to denounce Daisy by asking if she had forgot they were not alone, Daisy exclaims, “I don’t care!” (Fitzgerald 122.) She