Hvilket ikke er en detalje i hans tidligere liv fortalt af gatsby?
The Great Gatsby
Hele formålet med "invitationen" til Nick om at deltage i Gatsbys fest var at udvikle et forhold til ham, så Gatsby senere kunne bede Nick om at arrangere en genforening mellem ham og Daisy. Nick inviterer Daisy til te i sit hus uden at fortælle hende, at Gatsby også vil være til stede. Efter et i første omgang akavet gensyn genetablerer Gatsby og Daisy deres forbindelse igen. De indleder en affære, og efter kort tid bliver Tom mere og mere mistænksom over for sin kones forhold til Gatsby. Ved en frokost i Buchanans hus taler Daisy til Gatsby med en så uforfalsket intimitet, at Tom indser, at hun er forelsket i Gatsby. Selv om Tom selv er involveret i en udenomsægteskabelig affære, er han forarget over sin kones utroskab. Han tvinger gruppen til at køre til New York City og konfronterer Gatsby i en suite på Plaza Hotel, hvor han hævder, at han og Daisy har en historie, som Gatsby aldrig vil kunne forstå. Desuden meddeler han sin kone, at Gatsby er en kriminel, hvis formue stammer fra alkoholsmugling og andre ulovlige aktiviteter. Daisy indser, at hendes loyalitet er over for Tom, og Tom sender hende foragteligt tilbage til East Egg med Gatsby i et forsøg på at bevise, at Gatsby ikke kan skade hende.
The Great Gatsby
The whole purpose of the "invitation" to Nick to attend a Gatsby party was to develop a relationship with him so that Gatsby could later ask Nick to arrange a reunion between himself and Daisy. Nick invites Daisy to have tea at his house without telling her that Gatsby will also be there. After an initially awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy reestablish their connection. They begin an affair and, after a short time, Tom grows increasingly suspicious of his wife's relationship with Gatsby. At a luncheon at the Buchanans' house, Daisy speaks to Gatsby with such undisguised intimacy that Tom realizes she is in love with Gatsby. Though Tom is himself involved in an extramarital affair, he is outraged by his wife's infidelity. He forces the group to drive into New York City and confronts Gatsby in a suite at the Plaza Hotel, asserting that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could never understand. In addition to that, he announces to his wife that Gatsby is a criminal whose fortune comes from bootlegging alcohol and other illegal activities. Daisy realizes that her allegiance is to Tom, and Tom contemptuously sends her back to East Egg with Gatsby, attempting to prove that Gatsby cannot hurt her.
The Great Gatsby