Summary- In chapter two, Tom takes Nick to meet Myrtle, his mistress who also happens to be George Wilson's wife. She invites them to her apartment in New York where she is having a small party with her sister Catherine and her neighbors, the McKees'. Later that night, Nick talks to Catherine about Tom and Daisy's marriage and she says she thinks the two of them should get a divorce but they haven't because Daisy is Catholic. Tom is upset for hearing them say Daisy's name and he end's up breaking Myrtle's nose. At the end of the chapter, Nick is waiting for a train to Long Island at four in the morning.
Myrtle Wilson- "I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe" (34).
-"She was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can. Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty, but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smoldering" (25).
-Myrtle is unfaithful to her husband, therefore, she constantly lies to him. She sneaks around with Tom without George finding out about it, mainly due to his gullibility. She believes she deserves Tom and that she is better than Daisy ever will be.
Quote- "Neither of them can stand the person they are married to" (33).
This quote was significant to me because it shows how much Tom and Myrtle want to be with each other rather than with their spouses. For the two of them to suddenly say that they can't stand to be with the person they once promised to spend the rest of their lives with could mean that there is something greater involved, not just lust or adultery.
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