Gatsby's main intention throughout his adulthood is to capture Daisy, so he uses Nick as Daisy's cousin as a path to this goal. Gatsby has always admired old people and believes they are superior. He thought that if he told Nick that he was one of these old people it would create the trust necessary for Nick to arrange a meeting between Gatsby and Daisy. Gatsby justifies this blatant lie by convincing himself that his love for Daisy is more important than any moral compass. This encounter begins the spiral of events that leads to the corruption of the morals of each character involved, leading them to create illusions to disguise their immoral actions that fuel the spiral. After their first interaction Daisy and Gatsby begin their relationship. As a married woman, it is betrayal for Daisy to act on her feelings for Gatsby and it is wrong for Gatsby to pursue a woman he knows is married. Nick also succumbs to the breakdown of his morals as he arranges a meeting for the two with full knowledge of their intentions and Jordan for encouraging him to follow Gatsby's plan. Aware of the role he is playing in making a relationship possible, Nick cannot claim higher morals than the rest of the group. He is not only aware of Daisy's affair; Tom's infidelity was also revealed to him early on. With the knowledge of Tom's affair, he can create a justification to help Daisy, ever since