Daisy Buchanan, this woman is crazy, uncaring, and many would say coldly. She is married to Tom and yet has an affair with Gatsby. Tom is her husband, a very wealthy man who goes out and has affairs, and never tries to hide it. Then there's Gatsby. Ah, Gatsby. The young man she was so in love with as a teenager. Tom and Gatsby have many similarities; from the fact that both Tom and Gatsby want Daisy all to themselves to the fact that they both love her. Although they share many similarities, they have much more countable differences between each other. The differences range from how they treat her, to how rich they are and what social class they belong to, to the simple fact that Tom lives in “East Egg” and Gatsby lives in “West Egg”. Both the similarities and differences between these two men are what ultimately cause Daisy to believe she is in love with Tom more than Gatsby. The first similarity is that Tom and Gatsby both want Daisy all to themselves; they don't want to share it with anyone. Tom had Daisy all to himself for about five years after they married. While Tom leaves and will have affairs with other women, he expects Daisy to stay at home and see only him. Gatsby, on the other hand, wants Daisy to have an affair... with him. Gatsby expects Daisy to leave Tom and marry him. At one point in the novel Gatsby tells Tom “'...you won't take care of her anymore.' "I'm not?" Tom asked… “Why?” 'Daisy is leaving you'” (101). This similarity leads one to think that she loves Tom more, simply because he doesn't make decisions for her. This brings us to our second similarity, Tom and Gatsby both love Daisy, but they love her in different ways. Tom loves who he is... middle of paper ......es who are moving down the social ladder as they make their way to Gatsby's house. Tom is richer than Gatsby and is much less likely to lose his money; for the simple fact that he didn't need to participate in anything illegal to earn his wealth. In fact Tom did not need to participate in anything to receive his wealth. Gatsby, because he was not born into a rich and wealthy family, belongs to a lower class, despite being almost as rich as Tom. Even though Gatsby treats Daisy much better than Tom, Daisy still prefers Tom because it is much easier to live with someone who has a predictable pattern in his actions than someone who is all over the place. All of these coincide with each other to make Daisy think that she loves Tom more than Gatsby. Works Cited Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York, NY: Scribner, 2003. eBook.