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“You’re crazy!” he exploded. “I can’t speak about what happened five years ago, because I didn’t know Daisy then—and I’ll be damned if I see how you got within a mile of her unless you brought the groceries to the back door. But all the rest of that’s a God damned lie. Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me now.” (Fitzgerald, 138)Previously in the book it is discovered that Tom had relationships with women other then Daisy during their marriage. Daisy had knowledge of this but Tom had recently discovered his wife’s relationship with Gatsby. Tom erupts in a rage of emotions when Gatsby confronts him about his relationship with his wife. Tom is outraged even though he himself was in a relationship with Myrtle.This is a key chapter in which Tom’s true personality is shown through his actions.Tom has the personality trait of neuroticism. Tom is emotionally unstable and is easily angered or stressed, is emotionally vulnerable and emotionally reactive.Tom only exhibits self interest and self concern. Tom consistently puts his own needs above the needs and desires of others and has an exaggerated sense of self importance. “You two start on home, Daisy” said Tom “in Mr. Gatsby’s car.” (Fitzgerald, 142) The spoken word of Tom above further to show his ego, and how little he cares about his wife and how she feels. Tom only shows how important it is to him to flex his strength and invulnerability by letting Gatsby and his wife drive home together. The author specifically made Tom this way; as a way to describe the thoughts and personalities of those who grew up with the fundamental thoughts that they were destined to be better; that wealth is distributed unevenly, and that one could be born into a superior family. This superiority complex provokes people like Tom to think they are above the normal morals of society enabling them act in selfish and egotistic ways. Like Tom cheating on his wife and then being offended because Daisy did the same.