The choices made by the character Tom Buchanan throughout chapters 1-3 display the answer to the question “what is bad?” From the first time we meet Tom, we can see the blatant disrespect he treats Daisy (his wife) with. He always cuts her off when she speaks, as if what he has to say is more important than what she does: “Haven’t you ever seen her?” “Never” “Well, you ought to see her. She’s---” “Tom Buchanan who had been hovering restlessly about the room stopped and rested his hand on my shoulders.” “What you doing, Nick?” I’m fairly certain I haven’t read one full sentence from Daisy while Tom is in the room. To make matters worse, we discover that Tom has a mistress in the city when he accepts a call from her at dinner (with his wife
