enormous decision. She had to choose between Tom; her husband and Jay Gatsby; her lover. Gatsby seemed to

be the ideal man of his time. Fabulously wealthy, handsome, charismatic and intriguing, he seemed to be able to

offer everything a woman could want. All he wanted in return was Daisy’s complete unconditional love. Tom, on

the other hand could offer Daisy money, security and freedom. Ultimately Daisy chose the latter. The roaring 20’s

was an era of total decadence. The first World War had ended and industry was booming. People were

becoming millionaires overnight. There seemed to be no end in sight to the prosperity. Although people were

becoming rich quickly, old money provided more privilege than new money. Tom Buchanan came from old

money. He was a Westerner who was renowned in college for both his football skills and his supremely decadent

lifestyle. The narrator states "His family were enormously wealthy, even in college his freedom with money was a

matter for reproach-but now he’d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your br

believes that everything revolves around her!

instance, he brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest." Daisy chose to marry Tom because of his

said "Once in a while I go off and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all

kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." Daisy’s selection of Tom over

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