Three Blind Mice

She also does not realize the hurt she causes her husband, to whom she represents the betraying wife and to Gatsby who almost worships her and has all his life tried to become rich in order to become worthy of her. She is also blind to actual damage and hurt, which in many cases was caused by her. In the case of Gatsby, looking at the way she talks to him and the things she says, it can be said that she is in love with him, but when she comes in danger of being implicated of Myrtle's death, she leaves with Tom not even stopping to say goodbye to Gatsby. "There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together.""[Pg 138], an observation by Nick shows how despite the dispute Daisy and Tom had over Daisy's affair with Gatsby, in a time when Daisy faced threat of being implicated of Myrtles death she forgot about her love for Gatsby, went back to Tom for help and not even stopping to think about Gatsby left East Egg. This shows how much she values personal safety and an easier way out of situations compared to actual people and their feelings. This constant blindness in Daisy led her to remain constantly confused and caused other characters to be disillusioned and hence caused complications in their lives. .
             Myrtle, Tom's mistress completely ignores reality, she chooses to be blind to it and prefers to live in a fantasy world. She constantly tries to act the part of Tom's wife. The party in New York is a visual display of how she craves the lifestyle of the rich and would love to be one of the glamorous rich wives who wear beautiful clothes, are the belle of the party and have about everything. When in Toms company she tries to all but play the actual role of his wife, and when complimented on her dress she says the part of the rich wife perfectly referring to the dress as "just a crazy old thing, I just slip it on sometimes when I don't' really care what I look like.