The characters we see from reading chapter 2 all have a central theme in common, money. The group of these characters both look have or want money and do whatever it takes to do this. Another key theme in this chapter is how the men treat women. Tom treats women terribly not caring about Daisy and not being man enough to get a divorce from her. Another example of how Tom treats women is when he strikes Myrtle for speaking about Daisy this being just another example of Toms terrible treatment of women.