Examples Of Conflict In The Great Gatsby

George is a selfless but clueless person who barely has a penny to his name. Tom, Nick and Myrtle travel to the city to the apartment that Tom and Myrtle keep their affair private. Myrtle's sister Catherine comes and eventually the whole group becomes extremely drunk and incapable of coming to reality. Later on Myrtle keeps talking about Daisy and how Tom should just dump her but Tom breaks her nose and tells her to never say Daisy's name ever again. Even though Tom is having an affair this shows that he does still care very deeply about

Tom becomes at risk of losing his relationship, even though from the start he was the careless one who became involved in many affairs. After the men learn about their wives’ affairs, they take action to keep their relationships in tact. Tom confronts and challenges Daisy about her relationship, while George abuses Myrtle and plans to take her away. Their plans to regain their wives’ loyalty backfires, however, and instead they damage their relationships even more. Neither of the men are really involved in their marriages until their relations with their women are on the brink of doom.

If Tom did actually love Daisy, then he would not cheat on her with Myrtle time and time again. As for Daisy, she's not at all in love with Tom at all. Daisy only chooses to stay with Tom for the life he can provide for her. “They had spent a year in France for no

Myrtle's sister Catherine states “when they get married they’re going west to live for a while until it blows over.”(34) Tom is a married man, and never made a promise to Myrtle that he would separate from Daisy to be with her. Myrtle is a side chick of Tom’s and she doesn’t want to believe that’s all. Mrs. Wilson shouted “Daisy!

He is revealed to be unloyal to Daisy and able to betray the trust of his wife. In the next chapter of The Great Gatsby, we are introduced to the mistress, Myrtle Wilson. We are given a dive into how this affair affects her life, which is at a very minimum. Myrtle's husband is revealed to be oblivious. Tom covers up his visits to the home with a car sale, revealed when Wilsons asks, “When are you going to sell me that car?”

However, there are even more connections to dishonesty and disloyalty that proceed far beyond Tom and Daisy’s relationship. Tom is even unfaithful to his mistress, Myrtle, as he makes a “short deft movement… [breaking] her nose with his open hand” (Fitzgerald 37) for mentioning Daisy’s name. This proves that Tom has no real love for either women. Domestic/dating violence is not uncommon in the real world - especially towards women - and many victims are blind to how abusive these acts are, as they are unable to see past the love for their partner. In fact, “85% of domestic violence victims are women” (Facts Domestic Violence #2) and “1/4 of women worldwide will experience domestic/dating violence in their lifetime” (Facts Domestic Violence #3).

An early display of Tom’s violence is when he is arguing with Myrtle about whether or not she has the right to say Daisy’s name. When Myrtle refuses to comply with Tom’s request, “making a short, deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand”(20). The scene in which this event takes place is in the beginning of the story and is probably meant to represent a typical day in Tom’s life. This shows Tom’s willingness to use violence over an issue as small as Myrtle saying a name. Furthermore, this violence is used by Tom to control Myrtle’s actions.

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.

Tom is seen to be a very racist person, and that is just from what he said about one book. Tom does not care about women either, he is a sexist person who only cares about himself. He broke Myrtle’s nose just because she kept saying Daisy’s name even though he told her to stop. More proof of Tom’s sexism comes from his affair with Myrtle. If Tom cared about Daisy he would not be seeing other women, it was also revealed that Myrtle was not the first person Tom had an affair with, which just proves this even further.

Tom’s goal in every relationship is domination because when he loses command and control he feels weak. When Tom finds out Myrtle plans on moving west and Daisy no longer loves him, he sees that, “His wife and his mistress, until an hour ago secure and inviolate, were slipping precipitately from his control” (Fitzgerald 125). For the first time, Tom is deprived of this

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.

Tom Buchanan is an arrogant, controlling man, who does what he wants not considering about how his actions influence those around him. Tom is also the earliest person to use physical violence in the book, striking Myrtle in a fit of rage when she would not stop shouting Daisy 's name. "Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing, in impassioned voices, whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy 's name. "Daisy! Daisy!

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.

Tom also has a big connection with Nick as confides in him to keep Myrtle a secret. With Myrtle as a lover and uses her for his pleasure and enjoyment but this soon creates drama with George Wilson. His involvement with Myrtle is a secret that Nick knows about but Daisy doesn’t know anything about Myrtle which

In The Great Gatsby, Tom sacrifices the marriage he has with Daisy by pursuing an affair with Myrtle Wilson. However, it can be argued how big of a sacrifice it is that he made as in the 1930s, it was common for upper class men to have a mistress as well as a wife, and it is suggested that Daisy is aware of the affair but remains with Tom anyway. Tom’s physical power is exhibited through ‘“Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!”