Gatsby Blog #6

I can't really the answer why I married Tom if I was not in love with him. I married him for all the wrong reasons and I got what I deserved in the end. I did it because I wanted nice things and didn't really care about love. I thought I could get away with doing this but then when I met Gatsby everything changed. I started hanging around Gatsby and found out that doing that was a bad idea. I instantly started to like the things he would do for me. By hanging around I lost my interest in my husband and started falling for Gatsby. I didn't mean to but that is just how it worked out. However, my actions would turn out to have a horrible outcome in the end.

Gatsby Blog #5

When I married Tom I felt good at first because I knew I would be taken care of when I was with him. Even though I didn't feel love for him I felt that I could get through life just being attracted to his money and what he bought for me. I was wrong when i felt this way. I should have known that this was a bad idea. This weak marriage was only hurt more by what I felt when I saw Gatsby. I felt love for him not only because he bought me nice things but because of his looks and personality. I knew at that moment that what I felt could not be ignored. I felt like this would ruin my marriage but I had no idea what horrible events would come from my feelings.

Gatsby Blog #4

I don't know what I was thinking when I married Tom just for his money. I knew I wasn't in love with him but he always gave me these nice things that I just couldn't resist. Even though I thought that I could love him just for the material things I found out that it would be harder to do that then I thought. When Gatsby came into my life I couldn't help myself. Not only was he nice to me but he also bought me expensive things. When he came into my life I was thinking about how we could spend our lives together and how much better I would be without him. Because of this I grew further and further away from Tom and couldn't continue my life with him.

Gatsby Blog #3

The act of me running over Myrtle with the car was a drastic but necessary decision in my mind. I did this so Tom, my husband, would not find out about the affair that I had with Jay Gatsby earlier in the book. I also did this because I didn't want my relationships with both men to be ruined by Myrtle telling Tom about it. I did this because of many reasons some of which have to do with the affair and others just because of my relationship with Tom and how much I still wanted to keep that as a healthy relationship. This is why I hit Myrtle with her car.

Gatsby Blog #2

When I hit Myrtle with the car I was feeling anger, fear, and self-doubt. My emotions really drove me off the edge with this action that I took. I was so afraid of the consequences of Tom finding out about the affair that Jay and I had that I did what I felt I needed to do to keep it a secret. I felt like I was helping Tom out because I knew he didn't want to hear about the affair that we had together so I did what I needed to do and stopped him from finding out through someone that wasn't her. I was in self-doubt because I was about to be exposed as a cheater and I didn't want that so I took away that option by hitting Myrtle with the car.

Gatsby Blog #1

In the Great Gatsby when I hit Myrtle with my car. I was thinking that I wanted to continue my affair with Gatsby and if Myrtle tells Tom that we have an affair then our whole relationshipwill be compromised. I think that this is the main reason why I was thinking it was ok to run over Myrtle in the car. I was afraid of what would happen if Tom found out about the affair so I was angered and afraid when I hit Myrtle. I thought that both my relationships would be ruined if Myrtle told Tom about the affair so I thought I did what I had to to keep my relationships with both my men healthy.