Thursday, September 19, 2013
Lonely Myrtle
In the Book The Great Gatsby the character Myrtle Wilson shows the theme of loneliness. She is lonely because she doesn't really love her spouse. In order to try and find happiness, she cheats on her husband with Tom Buchanan. However, she is still a very lonely character even with Tom. She wants to to divorce her husband so she can marry Tom, but Tom says that he can't convince Daisy to get a divorce because she's catholic. We soon learn this is a lie, making us assume that he doesn't really want to marry Myrtle most likely because she is lower-class than she is. What could make someone lonelier than that?
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