The Great Gatsby: Irony Round 2 (but a different kind and actually this happened before the last one...)

"She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little, and he looked at Gatsby, and then back at Daisy as if he had just recognized her as someone he knew a long time ago." pg. 119

Well, Tom's a hypocrite too. Let's just keep adding to the list of things that are terrible about him. This whole time he's been cheating on Daisy without any concern as to how it makes her feel. She's been emotionally torn apart and broken up inside to the point that its damaging her relationship with her child. But Tom, being the arrogant and clueless idiot that he is, doesn't see this or else he doesn't care because he continues to see Myrtle even though he knows Daisy has discovered that he's having an affair. But the tables are turned when Tom discovers Daisy is having an affair of her own. He doesn't like this at all. It's completely ironic that Tom is appalled at Daisy's behavior when he has been doing the same thing all along. He's completely shocked that Daisy has been doing this, and he seems to be in disbelief that she would have the nerve to cheat on him. Well, I hate to burst your bubble, Tom, but you're really not all that great. And, you should have seen it coming. Daisy's a dime piece and it was only a matter of time until a proper man snatched her up and made her feel wanted. I like to think of Gatsby a lot like Sir Mix-A-Lot. I'm sure Gatsby's thoughts followed much along the lines of, in the words of the hip hop genius, "Some knucklehead tried to dis 'cause his girls are on my list. He had game but he chose to hit 'em, and I pull up quick to get wit 'em."