The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

He [Wilson] had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world, and the shock had made him physically sick. I stared at him and then at Tom, who had made a parallel discovery less than an hour before (124)…

When I read this quote, I thought of a movie, Stick It. The main character, a gymnast with some parental problems that kept her away from Worlds, said, “My world was disintegrating, and.” She walked out on Worlds because she could not cope with the pressure of her family separating. Betrayed, Graham left the life of gymnastics until the justice system forced her back into training. Tom Buchanan must have felt the same feelings of betrayal and fear that Haley Graham felt when she realized that her mother cheating on her father. Understanding that he might lose Daisy, he did the opposite of what Haley did. She ran away from her Olympic dreams due to her parents’ affairs; whereas, Buchanan fought for Daisy. He succeeded, making Gatsby look unscrupulous in Daisy’s eyes. Before his intervention, Daisy loved Gatsby, and she planned to run from her present life. He realized that he could not live without her. He discredited Gatsby as a criminal, and when they openly argued about Daisy’s love, it opened Daisy’s eyes to what she was doing. From all the confusion, Daisy realized her need to stay with Tom although she does not love him anymore. He won, but at what price?