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    Love and Commandment Number Six in The Great GatsbyIn the story The Great Gatsby, the word love is used a lot. But of all times, is it ever used in the proper and true way? The story makes you think a lot about love, marriage and, in a way, relationship with God. By relationship with God, I mean that in commandment number six, thou shalt not commit adultery. First of all, Tom and Daisy are married, so they must be loyal and faithful to each other, especially due to the fact that they have a daughter. . However, in the story we find out that this is not true at all. First of all, in the first chapter we find out that Tom has another girlfriend and has been seen several times by different people. Then, in chapter two, we learn more about Tom and his girlfriend as we meet Myrtle for the first time in the story. Myrtle is the person Tom is sneaking around with. We find out that Tom and Myrtle don't like the people they're married to but for one reason or another they don't want to leave the other person. However, Tom is not the only one to blame as we later find out that Daisy and Gatsby were very close at one point. We also discover that Daisy is the object of Gatsby's desire and will do anything to get her back, because he loves her so much. As the story continues, we discover that Daisy is ready to move in with Gatsby, except for one minor detail. This minor detail is their daughter and the feelings Daisy has for her. This is probably the first and only mention of what is right in all of history in terms of love. Until now, Daisy and Tom have to put their personal problems aside and worry about their daughter first. No matter how they feel about each other or anyone else, their daughter should be the first priority. We wonder if they fully understand what is happening in life around them. It is also curious to wonder what kind of virtues they were taught when they were young. Virtues as if they were taught to