Gatsby-Relationships

"Neither of them can stand the person they're married to" (pg 33). Tom is having an affair with Myrtle. Myrtle and Daisy are very similar in some aspects. There is a part where Tom and Daisy are talking that is very similar to a scene with Tom and Myrtle. Daisy is talking to Tom and uses the word 'hulking' to describe him and he states that he hate that word so she repeats it. Tom and Myrtle are arguing because Tom does not want Myrtle to say Daisy's name but she keeps repeating it and he breaks her nose. If Tom was unhappy with Daisy, why would he have an affair with a woman like Myrtle. He is obviously annoyed more by Myrtle because he did not break Daisy's nose. Another strange relationship is between Nick and Daisy. Nick is Daisy's cousin but he describes her as if he was attracted to her. He describes her voice as "the king of voice that the ear follows up and down" (pg 9). He describes her as beautiful and is always commenting on how lovely her voice is.