The Buchanan's and Myrtle's Place

In this chapter we met the character Myrtle. She is Toms mistress, who is also married. Tom goes to see her in New York and Nick unwillingly goes along. The two houses are very differently described. The Buchanan's home is a mansion and everyone inside it is expected to act accordingly. Be respectful, neat, and talk about how they are better than the rest of the world. At the Buchanan's the people seem to be very narrow minded and ignorant. Tom is the epitome of ignorance and narrow mindedness. The atmosphere at Myrtle's apartment is quite different. They speak openly about divorcing there spouses. I find out odd that Tom would associate with people of a lower class them him. It's almost as if he is a different person with Myrtle than he is with Daisy. Maybe Tom feels like he has to hide who he really is with Daisy but with Myrtle he can be himself.