Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife" (137; ch. 7). Tom considers money everything in life. .
Tom is arrogant and immoral. He wants to keep his marriage because he is married to a wife who gives him a better social status, but at the same time, he cheats on her and does not even keep it hidden from her. Tom has an affair with Myrtle Wilson, and he treats her worse that Daisy. He even breaks her nose just because they were having a conversation, and she mentioned Daisy's name (41; ch. 2). Even though he is unfair to Daisy, he still prefers her because she has money and at least is worth something, while Myrtle is poor. His affair with Myrtle is even known by Daisy, and he answers Myrtle's call even during dinner in Daisy's presence (20; ch. 1). Tom is extremely arrogant throughout Gatsby's party: "In fact I was just thinking I don't know a soul here" (111; ch. 6). He means that Gatsby does not have at his party anyone at Tom's level. When he does not know yet who Gatsby is, he implies that Gatsby got all his money by illegal means: "A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers" (114; ch. 6). Everything he says and does shows his arrogance. .
Tom is also racist. He and Daisy offer a dinner to Nick, the narrator, at their house, and Tom keeps showing racist thoughts throughout their conversation:.
"Civilization's going to pieces.
I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist.
about things. Have you ever read.
"The Rise of the Coloured Empires".
by this man Goddard?.Well, it's a fine.
book and everybody ought to read it.
The idea is if we don't look out the.
white race will be-will be submerged .
It's up to us who are the dominant race.
to watch out or these other races.
will have control of things".
(17; ch. 1).
He recommends this racist book to Nick because he believes that everyone should think as he does: only the white race is important, intelligent and superior, and he considers himself one of them.