Tom is married to Daisy but Gatsby wants to steel her back. Through the book Gatsby try’s to impress daisy . One way that Gatsby and Tom are different is that Gatsby is weird and mysterious and Tom is more normal and snobby. In the book during Gatsby’s party’s he would just stay by himself and watch the party’s. Another
Sourdis personality was very passive unlike her sister’s aggressive and active personality. For example, at the restaurant in the beginning of the story, she let a random man out his arm around her even though she felt distressed. Her sister, having the more aggressive personality did not hesitate to stab the man in the arm in protection of her sister. Another example is when Sourdi’s mom basically forced her to marry Mr. Chhay and not Duke because Mr. Chhay was rich. Although it all depends on the situation, I manage to make things happen and not wait for the “flow” to take control of what goes on in my life.
Furthermore, Anna who once thought "my own opinions worthless' and often looked up to Elinor Mompellion to follow her directions as guidance, realises that 'I was not Elinor, but Anna' and by the end of the novel Anna is able to cut any ties with Michael Mompellion to become her independent self after being 'tempered and made strong'. The Bradford family in 'Year of Wonders' is wealthy and of high status. When the plague spreads throughout the village, Colonel Bradford is forced to face reality by suggesting to Michael Mompellion that 'I am merely doing what any man of means and sense must do' in order to survive; by leaving the village. Fearful for his family and losing high social status, Colonel Bradford decides to leave behind the 'few sweaty minders and their snotty nosed brats' even though he knows the people of Eyam look up to him due to his wealthy status. This displays how fear brings out 'the best and worst' in people as the Bradford's leave the villagers without a second thought.
Walter doesn’t do that instead he just hands over all the money to Willy Harris to go invest in the liquor store. Now Walter is feeling so happy that his career is about to jump off. His whole attitude begins to change towards everyone. In the beginning Walter would constantly argue with his sister Beneatha, now he’s so nice and friendly to her. He’s even taken Ruth out on a date, and this never happens.
Tom doesn’t seem to care that his affair hurts Daisy, he proves this by take Nick (Daisy cousin) to meet his mistress “I want you to meet my girl” (pg24). He seems to ignore Daisy throughout the book until he suspects Daisy is having an affair with Gatsby, and then he seems to come unglued. “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife” (pg130). Tom’s ego takes a hit when he finds out Gatsby wants something that is
I don't care what she says and what she does. I seen 'em poison before, but I never see not piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be. "That Curley's wife does not love her husband and is merely concerned with her own pleasure and welfare is revealed in her conversation with Lennie in Chapter 5 in which she reveals that she married Curley to get away from the little town in which she lived:Well, I wasn't gonna stay no place where I couldn't get nowhere or make something of myself, an' where they stole your letters....So I married Curley. Met him out to the Riverside Dance Palace that same night....Well, I ain't told this to nobody before...I don' like Curley...So, Curley's wife deserves little sympathy, although her death is tragic.
She married Roger out of social and economic necessity. When she commits adultrey, she conceals his identity from Dimmesdale. Roger chillingworth visits hester while she is in prison and they both discuss to eachother that their marriage never worked out. Hester says, " I have greatly wronged thee!",(72). Hester is the least sinful because she only committed adultrey and that she never told Arthur chillingworth was her husband.
I think he realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is over.” * This quote emphasizes how the upper crust 1920’s society of NY has substituted materialism with spirituality (or I guess you could say they could worship money..). Tom easily forgives Daisy for her infidelity because he doesn’t care about her or his marriage, he simply cares about the illusion of a marriage they put up together. In contrast to this, Gatsby cannot forgive Daisy for loving Tom rather than him because he wants their love to be flawless, the way he sees it in his dream – the American Dream. Chapter 8 #1 - “I jumped out of bed and began to dress-I felt that I had something to tell him, something to warn him about and morning would be too
He even lied about his real name like that’s childish. He does not owe these people any explanations so to me, in my eyes he doesn’t have to come up with a lie about his past life. 60 WORDS ‘’His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl and forever wed his unutterable vision to her perishable breath.’’ (pg.117) This makes me think about a wedding ceremony. I feel Gatsby can’t just come and steal his lover back.
But Daisy not wanting to look like a West Egger didn’t come to any of Gatsby “gaudy, glittering parties” (Witkoski 2) for a while because she was afraid of having “wild, improbable rumors circulate” (Witkoski 2) about her. This reveals a little glimpse of how daisy thinks and how she is a product of the social classes. Nick is the most rational character in the novel, and by the end he lets the reader know how he truly feels about each of the other main characters. After Nick holds a small funeral for Gatsby he moves back to the Midwest. He “relinquishes his creative role and his work becomes the object of his contemplation” (Bevilaqua 54) he reflects over all the main characters and tell us “they were careless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money of their vast carelessness…” (Fitzgerald 170) this shows us how Nick truly feels and relates us to him more.