Different Interpretations of Love in The Great GatsbyAlmost all the characters in The Great Gatsby claimed to be in love with someone. While reading the novel, you may begin to question the authenticity of the characters' feelings. Each character seems to interpret love in a completely different way. It makes you wonder if any of the characters have any idea what love really is. A great example of this unique observation is Tom. He seems to think that love is more of a feeling of control and dominance. He does not love or nurture any of his women very much. He cheats on his wife and beats his lover. If he really loves one of the two, he definitely has a bizarre way of showing it. He likes that he can control Daisy like he does, and he loves that Myrtle obeys him because of his money. He seems to like controlling them, not being with them. Another example is Myrtle. She obviously doesn't love her husband, otherwise she wouldn't cheat on him and try to leave him. She has two men in her life. One who tries his best to provide for her from his meager earnings, but loves her. The other is powerful, prestigious and rich, but breaks her nose. The choice here would be obvious to someone else, but Myrtle takes the alternative route. She chooses the rich man who beats her over the husband who does his best to take care of her. There seems to be an ulterior motive behind this decision. Maybe she doesn't "love" Tom after all. Maybe he loves his money. Daisy is another character seemingly confused by love. When she was only seventeen she fell in love with a young Gatsby. She left him because he wasn't rich enough for her blood. She later married another rich man. Several years later, when Gatsby returns to Daisy's life, she is ready to leave her husband. It seems strange that if he wasn't good enough for her when she was a girl, he would suddenly be good enough for her now that she's a grown woman with a husband and child. It could perhaps be because he is now as rich, or even more so, than her husband. It is a distinct possibility that Daisy mistakes her love for money, for love for Gatsby.