In this part of the quote, the foolish ideas represent Tom's relationship with Daisy. He only needs her to look good socially, but probably thinks of her as foolish most of the time. When Tom says I have, “made a fool of myself”(138) in the past he is referring to the affairs that he has had behind Daisy’s back. At the time in the story, Tom is showing little sympathy for Daisy because he has just found out that Gatsby might be having an affair with Daisy. On page 137 Tom says, "You're crazy! he exploded” when finding out about Gatsby’s claim. When Fitzgerald uses the word “exploded” to describe Tom’s dialogue it is clear that he is very upset with Daisy about going behind his back. In this scene, Tom is contradicting himself because he admits to having gone behind Daisy’s; back in the past but he acts like it is not a big deal compared to what Daisy has done; however, they are both quite similar. Later, towards the end of the scene when Gatsby tells Tom that he won’t be taking care of Daisy anymore he replies with, "She's not leaving me! Tom's words suddenly leaned down over
In this part of the quote, the foolish ideas represent Tom's relationship with Daisy. He only needs her to look good socially, but probably thinks of her as foolish most of the time. When Tom says I have, “made a fool of myself”(138) in the past he is referring to the affairs that he has had behind Daisy’s back. At the time in the story, Tom is showing little sympathy for Daisy because he has just found out that Gatsby might be having an affair with Daisy. On page 137 Tom says, "You're crazy! he exploded” when finding out about Gatsby’s claim. When Fitzgerald uses the word “exploded” to describe Tom’s dialogue it is clear that he is very upset with Daisy about going behind his back. In this scene, Tom is contradicting himself because he admits to having gone behind Daisy’s; back in the past but he acts like it is not a big deal compared to what Daisy has done; however, they are both quite similar. Later, towards the end of the scene when Gatsby tells Tom that he won’t be taking care of Daisy anymore he replies with, "She's not leaving me! Tom's words suddenly leaned down over