In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby finds himself in a sticky situation and can't get out of it. He is having an affair with a married woman whom he loves very much. He is not the only character in the book to find himself in this situation. Most of the main characters have affairs. This causes all the characters to engage in physical altercations. Gatsby and the other main characters go through a physical journey that ultimately ends in fatal tragedies due to their affairs with each other's lover. Jay Gatsby was a millionaire whose lifestyle is similar to the American dream and the predictable fall from grace is supposed to clear up. the lies that accompany death (Szumskyj). He fell in love with Daisy Buchanan ever since he saw her without knowing she was married. Determined to make Daisy his wife, he continued to pursue her. Daisy's husband, Tom Buchanan, saw that Daisy and Gatsby had feelings for each other and he didn't like the way it looked. Tom was also cheating on Daisy with another woman who also happened to be married, Myrtle Wilson, who...