| The irony in this chapter is that Toms' mistress lives in the valley of ashes, yet he was happy to show her off to Nick. When saying "he jumped to his feet and, taking hold of my elbow, literally forced me from the car." shows how he doesn't care Nick see's him cheating on his own blood. How he doesn't care his other rich acquaintances see him being with someone like that and letting her "sauntered about, chatting with whomsoever he knew." Myrtle is just like all the other girls in this novel. They seek their definition of happiness from the attention on what new things they have and what they could get out of their unfaithful relationships. To live in this Gatsby novel as a women, you have to forget what love is with another person and fall in love with the money that seems to grow on trees. |