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In this passage, Fitzgerald is referring to how Tom and Wilson are realizing that their wives are untrue to them and these are Nick's thoughts on the matter: "it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound  as the difference between the sick and the well"(Fitzgerald 124).  Because Tom is from the upper class and Wilson is from the lower class, they are near opposites of each other and yet fall prey to the same dilemma of their wives cheating on them with another man.  Nick is noting that even though Tom comes from the rich, he still loses his wife because she is dissatisfied and dreams of romance whereas Wilson's wife cheats on him because she wants to be rich and looked up to.  The profound difference between the two men is that Tom's reaction is more composed and rational whereas Wilson becomes sick and unreasonable.  Wilson's reaction is probably caused by him taking the wedding vows very seriously and his wife is his most loved person.  Tom is more composed due to his attitude that he can fix anything with money or brute strength and sees his wife as a possession than a person.

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Fitzgerald illustrates "And what's more I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time"(Fitzgerald 131).  In this passage, Tom is defending his actions for having an affair with another woman, which is contradictory because he is saying he loves his wife yet he is messing around with other women.  Tom claims that he has moments of foolishness but offers no remorse for his actions.  Tom's double standard is quite easy to see because he can mess with other women but Daisy can't mess around with other men.