The Silent Wife and the Great Gatsby: Loyalty Having too much or too much loyalty can be unhealthy in a relationship, either way it can destroy a person. In Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Gatsby's entire life has been set aside due to his goal of being with Daisy. In ASA Harrison's The Silent Wife, Todd cheated on his wife and continued to make worse decisions, cheating on her further. Due to Gatsby's extreme loyalty to Daisy, this ultimately led to his death, unlike Todd, he had cheated on his wife and lost everything he truly cared about and only in his final moments did he fully realize that he wished he could choose her instead. The story of The Great Gatsby is set five years after Gatsby and Daisy first met and began a relationship. Although he came to an abrupt end, Gatsby still tried to reunite with Daisy over the next five years, although he was unsuccessful. One day, at one of his big parties, which he organizes only hoping that Daisy will show up, he meets Nick. While there, Gatsby discovered that he and Daisy were cousins ​​and that he knew Daisy's best friend. Seeing an opportunity, he asked Daisy's friend to explain his situation to Nick and asked him to "invite Daisy to your house one afternoon and then let him come." (Fitzgerald, page 76). Despite Gatsby's efforts, he had failed to effectively reunite with his mistress. Finally, when he found a connection with Daisy, he wanted to use Nick to show her that he was the man she should be with and that he had the money to take care of her. Compared to The Great Gatsby, in The Silent Wife, Todd had been unfaithful to his wife Jodi. While he was depressed he got involved with his best friend... middle of paper... suffered consequences because of his betrayal while Gatsby was loyal to Daisy and tried to protect her. Because Gatsby's refusal to give up the love of his life ultimately led to his death, while Todd's infidelity led to a series of mistakes that led to the same fate. In Harrison's thriller novel The Silent Wife, Todd had cheated on his wife and hurt her to the point that she decided he was better off dead. Meanwhile, in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Gatsby's loyalty drove him to devote everything to a woman who had never loved him as he wanted. Both loyalty and betrayal can simultaneously place a person in an unwanted and dangerous position. Works Cited Fitzgerald, Scott. The Great Gatsby. Toronto: Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 1950. Print.Harrison, ASA The Silent Wife. Toronto: Penguin Group, 2013. Print.