- How does the scene at the apartment develop our perception of Tom?
When Tom enters the apartment, he calls Ms. Wilson ‘Myrtle’ this indicates that the apartment is for affairs because in the 20’s you called the wives by the husbands name. Tom does not care about calling Myrtle by her husbands name because he doesn’t want to be reminded that they are having an affair. He also punches and breaks Myrtles nose because she was going on about Daisy, this shows that Tom still must have some feelings for Daisy. This scene confirms that hes angry and likes to control people.
2. Nick states that he “was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” What do you think he means by this?
Nick was drunk during the scene, and he was there but he was standing back from the action and observing what was happening.