Examples Of Lies In The Great Gatsby

Every lie you tell has a detrimental ramification, and that is shown through character development and plot points. In the story the characters tell lies that eventually hurt the people around them .These lies they tell are ones that hurt the people around them. In the story there is an ongoing lie that says “ It's really his wife keeping them apart. She is a Catholic, and they don't believe in divorce”(2.98). Tom had not clarified that Daisy was not Catholic, and that was not keeping him from leaving his wife. This isn't true because the only reason Tom isn't leaving is because Myrtle is just the other women in his life. Another instance in which someone was hurt due to dishonesty was when Tom acted as if he was a loyal friend to George, when he is really messing with his wife. The lies told were demonstrated when Tom says, “ Hello, Wilson,old man”(27). Then later in the story when he finds out about the affair “God knows what you're doing”(199). George Wilson realizes that something isn't right when he remember that he, nor his wife have a dog, yet she had a leash in her drawer. The lies told in The Great Gatsby are told for each character to disguise who the really are as people and to show himself as a better person that they really are. In the story Jordan Baker admits to
Throughout Daisy and Tom's entire marriage, it had discovered that Daisy never really loved Tom. This was shown when Daisy said, “I never loved him”(132). Due to dishonesty, throughout her entire marriage Daisy confused her love for Tom with, materialistic things.This meaning she never really loved him, but did love the things she got out of being with him. Jay Gatsby was so sure that he really loved Daisy that he lied for her. This happens when Jay says “ Yes, he said after a moment,”but of course I'll say I was,” (143). Jay Gatsby was so in love with Daisy that he lost his life for her due to lying to those around