Little Love in The Great Gatsby You might think you could find a sign of true love in the dazzling love story, The Great Gatsby, but this is not necessarily true. in my opinion. In many cases you read what you think is love between certain characters, like between Tom and Myrtle for example. But with them and all the characters, there are contradictory cases that say otherwise. With Tom and Myrtle, you assume he loves her because he cheats on his wife to be with her. But he also treats her badly at times, verbally and physically, such as when he slaps her for speaking and speaks to her as if she is inferior to him. Moments like these make you wonder if he cares about her or if he's using her for his own personal pleasure. Still, I think he loves Myrtle in his own way. He proves this when she dies and he becomes very upset, like someone in love would. Tom obviously doesn't care about Daisy as much as he used to, otherwise he wouldn't be cheating on her. Tom also treats Daisy as if she is inferior to him. But doesn't Daisy act like she's insignificant when she's with Tom? Maybe it's because she likes him enough to act this way, after all, Daisy said girls should be stupid. However, if Daisy loves Tom, one has to wonder why she would cheat on him with Gatsby. Additionally, Daisy admits that she plans to leave Tom when they are all in the hotel room together, proving that she wants to be with Gatsby. When Tom realizes that Daisy is serious, he refuses to let her go, which is surprising since we think he longs for Myrtle. In the end, Daisy ends up staying with Tom, even though she doesn't love him, because of their child and also because she has no one else to go with since Gatsby died. That's why they live together for the rest of their lives in depression, not in love. And then there's Nick. He loves Daisy the same way they're a family, but he doesn't love anyone else, I think. He dates Jordan but not long enough to fall in love.