How Is Daisy Untruthful In The Great Gatsby

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In the Great Gatsby, we meet many characters, who live untruthful lives and unfaithful marriages. Tom Buchanan is a very mischievous man and is up to secret affairs with his “woman in New York”, Myrtle Wilson, a wife to George Wilson. Daisy Buchanan, Tom’s wife, has suspicious about said affair but her husband has not been truthful in telling her about it. Where as we come to find later in the book Daisy isn't so open to her affairs with a man named Jay Gatsby, which began to develop in the middle of the novel. Tom comes to find the truth about Daisy and Gatsby, thus confronting both of them. The exposed affairs have lethal effects to the character’s lives and marriages. The deceitful and untruthful lies of Daisy, Tom and Myrtle, help accurately …show more content…

I grew up with divorced parents whose marriage ended because of lies and an affair. The lies built on top of each other, one lie cover another and another and another. Both partners untruthful about what they knew or what they were doing. Eventually, the lies and unfaithfulness destroyed my parents marriage and damaging further relationships among family members. Just as the lies of Daisy, Tom, and Myrtle within their marriages have a downfall effect on the characters in the book. With Myrtle’s death, caused by Daisy who was so stressed out to find that her husband had discovered her affair with another man, she didn't see Myrtle and she drove back into town. Daisy’s actions ultimately killed Myrtle and furthermore caused destructive actions of Myrtle's husband, Wilson, who then shot and killed Gatsby as revenge. The lies caused the collapse of the characters relationships just as it does in real …show more content…

A very commonly known relationship that was ended by a cheating spouse is, Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren. Tiger is a very sucessful pro golfer and Elin was once a model; and are parents to two children. As a cheating scandal hit newsstands about Tiger Woods and his affairs with another woman. He denied an accusations of the affair with Rachel Uchitel. Elin later came to find, by snooping through his phone, that Tiger was lying to her and the affair was true. The downfall of their marriage, had begun between the two as Elin had lashed out and started yelling . Tiger had gotten into an accident leaving his house during an argument with his wife. He was treated and emitted into rehab; Elin eventually found out about many other affairs and divorced Tiger. The marriage of the celebrity couple fell to pieces after the truth came out about Tiger’s unfaithfulness to his wife and family. The lies destroyed the marriage between them and ruined relationships with his young children. Dishonesty between partners have very destructive effects and cause many marriages to crumble and relationships to have permanent

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