Confusing Love in The Great GatsbyWebster defines love as ardent affection for someone or something. Love is a mysterious subject in The Great Gatsby. The majority of characters in the story claim to love someone, but they either don't know the true meaning of love or they simply don't have a conscience. The characters in the story are mostly laid back and they act as if nothing they owe is wrong at all. Each character has a different view of love. Some don't have it at all, some think they have it, and only a few really have it. The first character introduced in the story is Nick Carraway, the distant cousin of Daisy Buchanan. Nick is a mysterious character in the story. He seems satisfied with what he does and what he has. He doesn't need all the fame and fortune that is so important to all the other characters. Many critics believe that Nick's character was indeed homosexual. The main reason to think this is that there are many occasions in the book where Nick had Jordan Baker, but he always pulled back and kept his distance. Nick Carraway didn't need love to live his life and he didn't want love at this stage of his life either. The next character introduced was Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband. Tom was a rich and arrogant man who liked to go the extra mile. Tom viewed his beautiful wife Daisy as a possession rather than a kindred spirit. She was just there to make it even better than it already was. Tom claimed that he loved Daisy throughout the book, but in his heart he loved no one. Throughout their marriage, Tom had an affair with Myrtle Wilson. Everyone in town knew it and I imagine Daisy knew it too, but she just couldn't bring herself to divorce Tom. Daisy was a loving and trustworthy wife to Tom, wasn't she? Fake. She was just as deceitful as Tom but she was much more discreet in her adventures. She was dating Gatsby at the same time as she was married to Tom. Daisy had a good heart, but if she really cared about Gatsby or Tom, she would never have married Tom. She loved Gatsby, but she just didn't know how to show it..