Confrontation

     As I continue reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald I get the feeling that there is a little tension in the room.  Tom has finally confronted Gatsby in front of everyone.  I feel as though these two characters are similar in some ways.  They both have bad things about them that become more apparent as the argument progresses. Gatsby's illegal work is revealed and Tom's hypocrisy is shown more clearly when he is angered by Daisy's infidelity. Both Tom and Gatsby love Daisy and are fighting to have her.  Although I like Gatsby much more than Tom, I begin to feel bad for Tom when Gatsby tries to get Daisy to tell him that she has never loved him.  No one wants to hear that from someone they love. Gatsby wants to know that Daisy has loved him and has been loyal to him for those five years that they have been apart.  However, Daisy tells him that " 'Even alone I can't say I never loved Tom. . .It wouldn't be true' " (Fitzgerald, 133).  I feel as though Gatsby is stuck in the past and doesn't want to think that Daisy has loved anyone but him.  I wonder what Daisy will decide to do.  I really hope that she chooses to be with Gatsby because I feel like he loves her more than Tom.  He has proved his love for her all throughout his life, and I think that he deserves to be with the woman he loves.