going gatsby: Unrequited Love

Unrequited love is defined as love that in not reciprocated or returned. Each couple in the novel expresses unrequited love in almost every situation they are in. Each relationship is not stable. There are affairs involved, and unfaithfulness as well. For example, there's Daisy and Tom Buchanan, a happliy married couple, from what we see. But, underneath their smiles they are both hiding something from eachother. Tom has a mistress in New York, Myrtle Wilson. Mrs. Wilson is also married, but they both love to continue their affair. Myrtle is only with Tom, because of his wealth. So, they are not actually in love, but rather in it for selfish purposes.

Daisy, Tom's wife is also very flirtatious. She is constantly flirting with Jay Gatsby, her former lover. And although Gatsby is madly in love with her, she does nto love him back. she is in love with her husband Tom. Daisy first rejected Tom because he was not weathly enough to support her. When Tom assumes that they are having an affair he casues great conflict, and Jay convinces Daisy that their love is real. Eventually Daisy picks Tom, because she is madly in love with him, and has been. Each relationship explained is very disfunctional and each person loves someone who is already in a relationship. Which is why the married couples realtionship is unrequited.