Why does Gatsby lose Daisy during the confrontation at the Plaza?
Why does Gatsby lose Daisy during the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom at the Plaza? To rub both their noses in this humiliation, Tom tells Daisy to return with Gatsby. Tom obviously doesn’t love Daisy like he should or he wouldn’t do this. (He also wouldn’t cheat on her.)
What happened at the Plaza Hotel in The Great Gatsby?
Nick, Gatsby, Daisy, Jordan, and Tom end up in a suite at the Plaza Hotel where everything comes tumbling into the open. Gatsby and Daisy admit that they’ve been having an affair, Gatsby demands that Daisy tell Tom that she has never loved him. Daisy cannot do this, and Gatsby’s dreams are dashed.
Why did Daisy leave Gatsby in the end?
To Daisy, Myrtle is expendable. She is not of the social elite, so what difference does her death make? To add insult to injury, as if she hadn’t betrayed Gatsby enough already, she abandons Gatsby in his death.
Why does Gatsby lose his temper?
What is it that finally makes Gatsby lose his temper? It is when Tom points out to Gatsby that he will never be on the same level as the others, since they are “old money” and he is not. Myrtle is feeling hope…she sees a chance at an escape from Wilson and poverty to be with Tom and have money.
Why can’t Daisy commit to a future with Gatsby during the confrontation in the hotel room?
Daisy won’t announce to those present that she nover loved Tom. She tells Gatsby that he asks too much. It’s not enough that she loved Gatsby once, or even that she loves him now. Gatsby has to have the whole illusion, and Daisy won’t give it to him.
Why does Daisy answer indirectly and then state this reluctantly?
Daisy at first answered indirectly and then admitted with reluctance which shows her indecisive nature and the dilemma she was put in between Jay and Tom. Also, she had loved both men and didn’t seem to want to lose either one.
Why can’t Daisy tell Tom she never loved him?
She’s had it with the sickening affairs and the “sprees”. Why does Daisy have a tough time saying, as Gatsby wishes, that she never loved Tom? Because at one point she did love Tom, and Gatsby. She’s also afraid that once she says she never loved Tom she will be Gatsby’s permanently.
Does Daisy really love Tom?
Though Gatsby insisted that Daisy never loved Tom, Daisy admits that she loves both Tom and Gatsby. The party ends with Daisy driving Gatsby out of New York City in Gatsby’s car, while Tom leaves with Nick and Jordan.
Why do Tom and Daisy not get a divorce?
Myrtle believes that the only reason Tom will not divorce Daisy is because Daisy is Catholic. But we learn that Tom’s feelings for Myrtle are far less intense than he has led her to believe and that social pressure prevents him from ever leaving Daisy, who comes from a similar upper-class background.
Did Daisy and Tom divorce?
Daisy Buchanan’s Background She met and fell in love with Jay Gatsby, an officer at the time, and promised to wait for him to return from the war. However, she succumbed to pressure from her family and married Tom Buchanan instead.
What does Nick Consider the east to be?
What does Nick consider East Egg to be? Grotesque.