Blog 3: Comparison to modern society

    In chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a common theme of unfaithfulness and treachery presents itself. Tom Buchanan goes behind his wife Daisy's back for Myrtle Wilson, who, in turn, betrays her husband. The reasoning, " 'Neither of them can stand the person they're married to,' " (Fitzgerald,33). Within the next few pages, and after Catherine's suggestion that the two divorce their spouses and marry each other, Myrtle's motives for marrying her husband in the first place are discussed. " 'I married him because I thought he was a gentleman,...I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe,' "(Fitzgerald,34). This precisely shows how selfish desires overtake love as the root of most marriages. That is why today, we still hear of failed marriages and those that have gone wrong. In this novel, even Lucille McKee almost married for the wrong reasons. Aggravating that, the entire room of people, with the exception of Nick, can all unite under the commonality that they've all thrown away the meaning of true love and marriage. So disgusting, that I don't blame Nick Carraway for trying to escape the party. Overall, I find too strong a connection between modern day's sloppy take on marriage and early nineteenth century's carelessness with it too.