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She was born into money and married into it. On Daisy’s weeding day she got a letter saying that Gatsby had not died in the war. At first reading it she did not want to marry Tom but she got herself drunk and did it. Daisy main reason for marrying Tom was for his money. When Gatsby again comes into Daisy’s life she dreams that they might be together again. It cannot happen though, Daisy is of old money and Gatsby is of new money. There are also of different social classes. Daisy will really only ever be in love with money and the easy lifestyle it allows her to live. It was said “her voice is full of money. . . that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it. . . . High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl” (pg.127). Daisy may have dreamed or thought at one point that her and Gatsby could again be together, but for her it always comes down to money. Daisy is the epitome of the decay of social and moral values which is what Fitzgerald is trying to exploit in the power and money hungry
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Throughout the story he shows, time again that he is the type of person who likes to control other people and what they do. Sometimes he acts like a bully and other times he is just darn right cruel. Whenever he sees George Wilson, his mistress' husband they talk about selling him Tom’s car. Tom never actually intends to do this he is simply toying with George and becomes angry when Wilson tries to talk to him about it. There are times when Tom loses his temper because people don't obey him, like when Myrtle Wilson started shouting “Daisy!, Daisy!, Daisy! . . . I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai—. . . With a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand” (pg.41). Tom cares about power and what makes him powerful is his money. Like they say with money comes power and Tom sure felt that way. Tom is very wealthy and has power over the people in his life, it makes him in a sick way happy. Because Tom has this he never goes for the gold or dreams of a better life he and his wife could
Throughout the story he shows, time again that he is the type of person who likes to control other people and what they do. Sometimes he acts like a bully and other times he is just darn right cruel. Whenever he sees George Wilson, his mistress' husband they talk about selling him Tom’s car. Tom never actually intends to do this he is simply toying with George and becomes angry when Wilson tries to talk to him about it. There are times when Tom loses his temper because people don't obey him, like when Myrtle Wilson started shouting “Daisy!, Daisy!, Daisy! . . . I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai—. . . With a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand” (pg.41). Tom cares about power and what makes him powerful is his money. Like they say with money comes power and Tom sure felt that way. Tom is very wealthy and has power over the people in his life, it makes him in a sick way happy. Because Tom has this he never goes for the gold or dreams of a better life he and his wife could