Little Love in The Great GatsbyYou might think that you would find some sign of true love in the dazzling love story, The Great Gatsby, but this is not necessarily true in my opinion. In many cases you read about what you would think is love between certain characters, such as between Tom and Myrtle. But with them and with all the characters there are contradictory cases that say the opposite. With Tom and Myrtle, you assume he loves her because he cheats on his wife to be with her. But sometimes he treats her badly both verbally and physically, such as when he slaps her for speaking badly and talks to her as if she is inferior to him. Moments like these make you wonder if he cares or is using her for personal pleasure. However, I think he loves Myrtle in his own way. He shows this when she dies and he becomes very upset, as someone in love would. Tom obviously doesn't care for Daisy as much as he does, otherwise he wouldn't cheat on her. Tom also treats Daisy as if she were inferior to him. But doesn't Daisy act like she's insignificant when she's around Tom? Maybe it's because she loves him enough to act that way, after all Daisy said girls should be silly. However, if Daisy loves Tom, then one must wonder why she would cheat on him with Gatsby. Furthermore, Daisy admits that she plans to leave Tom when they are all together in the hotel room, showing that she wants to be with Gatsby. When Tom realizes that Daisy is serious, he refuses to let her go, which is surprising given that you think he wants Myrtle. In the end Daisy ends up staying with Tom, even though she doesn't love him, because of their baby and also because she has no one else to go with since Gatsby died. Then they live together for the rest of their lives in depression, not in love. Then there's Nick. He loves Daisy because they are family, but I don't think he loves anyone else. She dates Jordan but not long enough to fall in love.