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The first time Nick Carroway meets Tom Buchanan in person in Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” we are shown a very clear impression of him. Nick described Tom as a “violent body”; already this shows Tom is a man of action who lets his actions speak for him. Nick continues to describe Tom by saying he is “always leaning aggressively forward…with a supercilious manner.” This shows that Tom finds himself above Nick and gives a hint of an aggressive man. Combine that with a “violent body” and I get the impression of a person I don’t want to be around. Tom’s supercilious manner is emphasised when he attempts to show his authority over George Wilson after Myrtle Wilson has been run over. “That car belonged to Gatsby, George Gatsby.” Previously Tom tried to take advantage of George by offering to sell him Gatsby’s car. This shows how little Tom cares for others, and that he is not afraid to try and control the situation. Again this makes me feel little respect, and instead contempts, for Tom Buchanan.…
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In the novel “The Great Gatsby” Tom Buchanan is a man who has it all. He was an all star footballer in high school, he is wealthy, and is married to a beautiful woman, Daisy. Although Tom has all of these nice things, he also has some downfalls. Tom was selfish with his women, he gets what he wants when he wants it, and he is a hypocrite. Tom Buchanan displays a significant amount of arrogance in this novel.…
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Gatsby’s worth is demonstrated throughout the novel, Gatsby shows the ultimate selfless act at the end of the novel when he agrees to take the blame for the death of Myrtle which ultimately resulted in his own death. Nick asks, “Was Daisy driving?” to which Gatsby responds, “Yes... but of course I'll say I was.” Gatsby does not hesitate when taking the blame, it appears to the reader that he feels it is his duty rather than his decision, his love and dedication to Daisy are at the forefront of his mind throughout the novel. In addition his home and parties are described as “props to woo Daisy” in chapter 5 reinforcing that everything Gatsby has done and created throughout are in order to peruse Daisy and make her happy unlike Tom Buchanan who has no respect for Daisy which is highlighted to the reader by his affairs in particular his affair with Myrtle. Tom is shown by Nick to be an aggressive overpowering figure that is violent towards woman and has no respect for anyone of a lower class or social standing than himself. Tom is described in chapter 1 as having “arrogant eyes” and “leaning aggressively forward”, later in chapter 2 Nick tells us how Tom made a “short deft movement and broke [Myrtles] nose with his open hand” showing him as a violent man. Fitzgerald created the character of Tom as an image of corruption and inequality in 1920’s society; he is representative of the arrogance of the upper class. As readers we have more respect for Gatsby; a…
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George Wilson is honest and hard working, trying to achieve the American dream through owning his own business. Though Wilson and Gatsby have similar backgrounds, they have dramatically different resulting careers and lifestyles. Gatsby is extremely wealthy while achieving wealth through dishonest and illegal methods, while Wilson runs his own business, attempting, to be honest, yet struggling to have his business continue to run, proved by Wilson saying, “When are you going to sell me that car?”( Fitzgerald 29). He is trying alternative ways of earning more money because his shop is most likely struggling to stay above water while living in a town so devoid of money. Wilson is repeatedly shown throughout the chapter to be considered much less than Tom, simply by living in the valley of ashes; as the valley could foreshadow the Great Depression, showing that Wilson is already experiencing the struggles yet to come to the rest of the…
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It is very difficult for readers to feel anything other than contempt for Tom Buchanan throughout the novel. Fitzgerald uses Tom’s behaviour and attitude from the first time we are introduced to his character in chapter 1 to present him as a bully through his racist and unpleasant language assisted with his tough appearance. Daisy uses animalistic language to describe Tom as a ‘hulking physical specimen’ which highlights to the reader his potential strength and power of his build creating a sense of intimidation and fear that needs to be had for the other characters especially as he is powerful already through his riches.…
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In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy’s husband, Tom Buchanan, was a haughty and possessive man who only thought of himself. This is proven when the author writes, “That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your eyes just like he had in Daisy’s but he was a tough one.” Tom was jealous that Gatsby had stolen his wife’s affections which led him to rat out Gatsby to George Wilson, ultimately causing Gatsby’s death. Tom’s perception of Gatsby is invalid because Tom refuses to seek the truth about Gatsby. Tom could have easily found out that it was Daisy who killed Myrtle, but Gatsby took the blame because he couldn’t bare to see the consequences that Daisy would face. Instead Tom thought that Gatsby was just a fake and fed them lies, thus blinding all of…
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The Great Gatsby is a story that revolves a great deal on the exercise of power held by people within society. Tom Buchanan, one of the main antagonists in the novel, is the man who marries Daisy, Nick Carraway’s cousin. Having inherited money from his family, or “old money” Tom Buchanan resides with Daisy in East Egg, where all the other people with inherited wealth live. The narrator already knew him from before as they’d attended Yale together, but his immediate description of him in the book, depicted him as being a “sturdy” man, with a “hard mouth”, “arrogant eyes” and a body of “enormous power,” which hints at the impression Tom gives off of a smug overbearing man(Pg.9). Later Daisy describes him right…
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The Great Gatsby takes place in the 1920’s and follows the lives of Nick our narrator and the extravagant neighbor Gatsby. It addresses how the world was changing in the 20’s but the themes explored in this novel are still relevant today. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald utilises characters symbols and motifs to illustrate the themes of the social decline of america, the dangers of self creation, and the blindness created by love.…
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First of all, Daisy Buchanan is an example of how character portrays them to other character than what they really feel and create an illusion. Daisy leads on Gatsby twice in the novel. When Gatsby leaves to fight in the war under the impression that Daisy will wait for his return but instead she breaks that illusion and marries Tom. Later on in the novel she again had Gatsby believing that Daisy will leave Tom for him. But that illusion comes to an end when she admits that she can’t tell Tom that she never loved Tom…
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Tom uses this as a reason come by so that he can continue his affair with Myrtle behind his back. His passiveness is his most outlined and important trait because, when the tragedy of his wife come, he couldn’t do anything, he was just a bystander. The death of Geroge’s wife Myrtle is tragedy for many characters directly like Tom and Georges grief, but also indirectly. It leads to the death of Gatsby and determines the future of the relationship between Tom and Daisy and Nick and Jordan. However, these characters knew what they were doing, they were engaged in deceit. These characters knew the efforts of their own actions upon themselves, but George was the innocent one who in the end would face the consequences of their actions. It shows an innocent person can be affected by the corruption and greed of others. The Great Gatsby is a book that depicts a society in which the moral actions of the characters receive some form of judgment, in the creative piece George is the centerpiece and is just looking blankly, rectifying that every action is observed and judged. George shows us that everyone is part of the same…
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Secondly, George is held hostage by his past when he can't handle the consequences of his mistakes. Shortly after his wife is killed, “he announced that he had a way of finding out whom the yellow car belonged to”(Fitzgerald 164). Wilson first comes to the door of Tom Buchanan who indirectly helps him trace the vehicle back to Jay Gatsby. George believes Tom and begins his search for revenge on Gatsby, this revenge turns out to be of the fatal variety. Tom shoots Gatsby numerous times leaving him filled with remorse soon after, so much so that Wilson takes his own life as“the gardener saw Wilson’s body a little way off the grass”(Fitzgerald 170). Though this is something that happened recently in the past, Wilson’s mistake of presuming Gatsby had killed his wife is something he can't handle, therefore causing him to not only lose his wives live but his own. The third and final time George is held hostage is by his poor past, he grew up and now lives a poor life. Money may be one of the reasons for why his wife had an affair, her dissatisfaction with being a poor gas station owners wife urges her to get out. Theres only so much he can do to subdue the problem of keeping her around because he’s not like the wealthy who can just retreat”back to…
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