The Great Gatsby
From Tom's outburst in the reading, moral values in the modern world are falling apart. What are two problems Tom gives?
The Great Gatsby Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby Chapter 7
From the text:
“Self-control!” Repeated Tom incredulously. “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea you can count me out. . . . Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions, and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.”
“I know I’m not very popular. I don’t give big parties. I suppose you’ve got to make your house into a pigsty in order to have any friends — in the modern world.”
The Great Gatsby