Examples Of Infidelity In The Great Gatsby

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Love In The Great Gatsby Is Unrealistic The book The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is full of fake love, unstable relationships, and most of all, infidelity. From very early in this book, we see the infidelity in Tom and Daisy's marriage. We see Nick Carraway, Jordan Baker, Daisy Buchanan and her husband, Tom, at dinner while Daisy is talking to Nick about where he’s living now and how his life is going. Tom abruptly gets up and leaves the table to answer the phone call that interrupted their dinner together. Daisy is quick to follow behind Tom to the phone. Nick finds this call harmless nonetheless while Jordan informs him that there was a scandal going on that she thought everyone knew about. “The fact that he had one [a mistress] Tom proves to not care about anyone else but himself simply when he cheats on Daisy. This shows he has no respect for her or her feelings because he knows that Daisy is aware of what’s going on but continues to do it just because he can and has the power to do it. He proves it again when Myrtle is hit by the car and he claims to have barely known her and wasn’t even sad or torn up about her sudden and misfortune death. Daisy doesn’t care about Tom either though because she still cheats on Tom even if it's in a different way. She had a deep and emotional connection with Jay so in the beginning of the rekindled relationship she was cheating emotionally more than anything else. Gatsby believes that Daisy never loved Tom even though he left her alone for 5 years without any real explanation. He wants her to tell Tom that she never loved him even though Gatsby wasn’t in her life when she got with him to see if there wasn’t any love there in the beginning. This is an example of unrealistic idea of love because you can love someone but choose to be with someone else which is exactly what Daisy did. She loved Jay but couldn’t wait any longer being alone and going on without him. Gatsby knows he loves Daisy more than Tom does which is why Jay gets so frustrated because he can treat Daisy the way she deserves as long as she lets

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