It seems like a marriage of convenience or status. The novel points out that “they had spent a year in France for no particular reason, then drifted here and there without worry wherever people played polo and were rich together” (Fitzgerald 6). The word “restless” suggests that both sought satisfaction in material objects and wealth, which leads to dissatisfaction. Their quest for approval means that "Tom and Daisy belonged to a 'secret society' that ruined, through their callousness and carelessness, the 'lives' of others" (Telgen 68). Together, they live in a fantasy world where life revolves around their actions and decisions; the world's quest for acceptance and wealth reveals the lack of importance of their