Gatsby Lust Quotes

Tom claims he loves Daisy the whole book, but yet he cheats on her. Tom even has the nerve to get jealous when Daisy talks about Gatsby like he isn't doing something much worse. Tom also selfishly breaks apart Wilson and Myrtle, he puts on this nice guy act with Wilson while he’s slowly destroying his life. But Tom apparently still loves Daisy.

Meaning, that Myrtle is blind to the fact that Tom does not love her because in his he isn’t doing anything that he thinks is completely wrong. So much so that in chapter two he invites Nick to come meet Myrtle. Then Tom and Myrtle have sex together. However,

(Fitzgerald 59). Although she began to develop romantic attraction towards Tom during their marriage, Daisy’s outburst at the prospect of marrying Tom demonstrates her lack of love for Tom. However, her materialistic nature overrode her lack of love for Tom— her family demanded her to marry Tom to keep her social influence and wealth. The past event is reminiscent of the events noted in The Great Gatsby— once she discovers the instability of Gatsby's economic and social status, she immediately chooses Tom again. Nick recounts, “It passed, and [Gatsby] began to talk excitedly to Daisy, denying everything, defending his name against accusations that had not been made.

but he interjects and makes it clear that “she’s never loved [Gatsby], she loves him” (Fitzgerald 130). After drinking, Tom seems to have power over the situations he is placed in. When Daisy reveals her love for Gatsby, he recognizes he must take control and makes it known to Daisy that she loves Tom even though she believes she loves Gatsby when she is drunk. As Tom is visiting his mistress Myrtle, he defends Daisy's name and hits Myrtle when she repeats Daisy’s name out loud (Fitzgerald 37). Furthermore, he lies to Myrtle and Catherine, saying that Daisy is catholic and leads them to believe that “it’s really his wife that’s keeping them apart” so he can never marry Myrtle (Fitzgerald 33).

Tom had researched Gatsby's past to find out that he had a scary secret. Gatsby did not want Daisy to think that he was involved in sketchy business so he started to defend himself. The argument between Gatsby and Tom put a bad image of Gatsby in Daisy’s head which darkened their relationship. Later in the story when Wilson finds out about Myrtle’s affair, Fitzgerald gives the readers another example of how love can ruin relationships: “‘I've got my wife locked up in there,’ explained Wilson calmly, ‘She’s going to stay there till the day after tomorrow, and then we’re going to move away’” (Fitzgerald 136).

Even though she has to put up with Tom’s abusiveness, she still gets what she wants from him, but isn’t enough to make her happy. Myrtle never seems to be satisfied with the men in her life and what they provide for her. In chapter two, Tom takes her to the city and spends quality time with her, but she decides to taunt him by saying “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!” (37).

Unlike Gatsby and Daisy, Tom and Myrtle's love is not romantic or idealistic, but rather physical and transactional. Tom uses Myrtle as a mistress and a way to satisfy his desire for power and control. Myrtle, in turn, uses Tom as a means of escaping her unhappy marriage and social class. Their love is destructive and leads to tragedy, as Myrtle is killed in a car accident while trying to escape with

Tom believed Daisy was the one he’d always come back to because she was the perfect one for him. He also believed that no matter how many times he cheated on Daisy that he was still being loyal because he keeps coming back to her. In the book, Tom states, “And what's more I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back.” (Fitzgerald 131)

This gives you more insight as to why Myrtle would risk having an affair in the first place. It also shows why she would be so threatened by Daisy. Myrtle running out in front of a car thinking it's Tom with Daisy also makes sense in this light. “‘I just got wised up to something funny the last two days’ remarked Wilson. ‘That's why I want to get away.

Throughout the years of Tom and Daisy’s marriage, Tom has been unfaithful and cheating with Myrtle Wiolson. After Myrtle gets into an altercation with her husband, she runs out of the house, where she then spots “Tom” speeding down the road. Akin to Daisy, Myrtle is in love with Tom’s wealth, his image. In fact, the person speeding down the road was not Tom, but Daisy and Gatsby in Tom’s yellow coupe. Myrtle is not about to physically see Tom, but it doesn’t matter; she is in love with his image, not him: which is enough for her to decide that the optimal course of action is to run from her husband to Tom.

Myrtle thrives in the power of money and will do anything to achieve what she wants disregarding the outcome. Her husband, George Wilson isn't wealthy but still tries his best to give her everything. However, he doesn't satisfy her want for power; so she finds someone else. Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle for his entertainment, overlooking either Daisy's or Georges's feelings. “Walking through her husband as if he were a ghost, shook hands with Tom, looking him flush in the eye” (26).

Myrtle is accustomed to living an underprivileged life where feminine power engulfs her, but Tom is too egotistical to allow Myrtle to speak with such authority to him. Similarly, Gatsby’s need for assurance from Daisy pressures her into revealing to Tom that she never loved him (Fitzgerald 132). Deep down, Daisy knows that she truly did love Tom once, but Gatsby’s assertiveness and persistence drives her over the edge to telling Tom that what the two of them shared meant nothing to her. Daisy’s attribute of being a pushover is revealed immensely because she refuses to stand up for herself. Daisy is used to enabling Tom to constantly control all aspects of her life, and that leaves her powerless in society.

The actions Tom takes near the end of the story show how hypocritical Tom really is. For some reason, Tom is irritated that Gatsby and Daisy seem to have feelings for each other, but his affair with Myrtle is completely fine with him. To Tom, there is nothing wrong with him cheating on Daisy, but Daisy wanting to be with Gatsby is a horrid thing, even

WIth this affair, Tom is proving that he doesn’t truly love Daisy, therefore doesn’t want to change anything about their marriage. Daisy says, “Tom was God knows where... with God knows whom.” With Tom constantly getting calls from Myrtle, and cheating with her, it destroys his marriage with Daisy. He shows that he is complacent in his marriage with Daisy and needed something or someone else to fulfill his desires. Like Tom, Daisy wants something new and more than what she has with Tom.

Just like Daisy, Myrtle chooses money over love. She cheats on her husband George with Tom. Myrtle was a woman from the lower class who desired to be a part of the higher class. Tom spoiled Myrtle and gave her the lifestyle she always wanted. She belittles her husband and talk bad about him because he is not at the top of the social ladder where Tom is.