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Uncertain Love Love is a very complex subject and some couples may think they have found it, but in reality only a few may have had the privilege of experiencing it. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Buchanan and his wife Daisy, along with Jay Gatsby, are entangled in relationships based on wealth, possession, and obsession. Tom viewed his beautiful wife Daisy as a possession rather than a soul mate. He seemed to think that to love someone you had to dominate them. His relationship was based on him controlling his wife and he loved being able to do so. Mr. Buchanan obviously didn’t care for Daisy and proved it by cheating on her with Myrtle Wilson. Money was extremely important in keeping his marriage alive and Tom used it to buy Daisy expensive things such as a string of pearls worth $350,000 which in the present day would be worth well over $5,000,000. Tom did not think much of Gatsby and when Daisy told him that she was leaving him for Jay he replied, “She’s not leaving me! Certainly not for a common swindler who’d have to steal the ring to put it on her finger!” That statement revealed that he felt superior to Gatsby and was very confident that Daisy would remain with him. Later, he even let Daisy ride home with Gatsby, again showing his assurance in their partnership. Though he did not seem worried he denounced his wife’s affair and even claimed it was a step toward the eventual collapse of society and inter-racial marriage: “Nowadays people begin sneering at family life…and have intermarriage between black and white.” Tom was the ultimate hypocrite; he condemned his wife’s affair but had no qualms about his own infidelity. This just showed how ignorant he really was. Tom Buchanan had it all, the money, a beautiful house and his gorgeous wife Daisy: the last piece to fit into his image and complete the puzzle. The affair between Tom and Myrtle was nothing special to Tom, just another fling made possible by his money; she was a disposable that he could throw away at any time.
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