Nick and Tom are on the train together when Nick forces Tom off to meet his mistress. Nick, Tom, and Myrtle meet up with Catherine, Myrtle's sister, and the Mckees. During their small party, Catherine informs Nick Gatsby was the nephew or cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm, the ruler of Germany during WWI. As the party progressed Myrtle and Tom get into an argument which leads to Tom breaking her nose. Nick leaves and waits for the 4 o'clock train.
"I married him because I thought he was a gentlemen, I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoes."
Mrs. Wilson is in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously. Her face contained no facet or gleam of beauty, but there was an immediate perceptible vitality about her.
Mrs. Wilson's role in the novel is that of Tom's mistress. She exudes power and strength in a woman. Now that Nick has met Tom's mistress it could create a rift between Tom and Nick because Daisy is Tom's cousin. Although she seems to be a strong woman, she shows men are still dominant when Tom breaks her nose.
"You can't live forever, you can't live forever."
-This quote by Myrtle stood out to me because it shows how she lives her live. This could be why she got into a relationship with Tom. I think this is a good model to live your life by but I would not take the same actions as Mrs. Wilson did. This quote relates to the carpe diem attitude of living each day to the fullest.
Mrs. Wilson is in the middle of her thirties, and faintly stout, but she carries her surplus flesh sensuously as some women ca
""I married him because I thought he was a gentleman, I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoes."I married him because I thought he was a gentleman, I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoes."
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