Name: Sherin Khawaja Class and Section: 11SD Q: Compare and contrast Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. How are they similar and how do they differ? Given that Tom is portrayed negatively‚ why does Daisy choose to remain with him instead of leaving him for Gatsby? In the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ two men‚ Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan‚ fight over Daisy‚ an upper-class woman from an old‚ wealthy family in the time after the first world war during the age known as
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Jay Gatsby seemed sort of like a very intriguing but very creepy because not many people even knew what he looked like. He would have crazy and wild parties that even made the papers because they was just that amazing and everybody who was somebody or even nobody was show up there‚ but he wasn’t throwing parties for the people‚ instead he was doing it for the love of his life. Based on the book most of the things like his manners and the way he talked were similar and pretty aligned with the book
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In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses on Daisy Buchanan’s relationship with Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. Tom and Gatsby both love Daisy in different ways‚ but the fact that they both want Daisy as their own makes them similar. Both Tom and Gatsby share many similarities while having even a greater amount of differences. While differences are good‚ they sometimes lead to unhappiness‚ jealousy‚ and grief. Being wealthy is one of the things that Tom and Gatsby have in common. For both
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Nagrich Classic Novels 7 April 2014 Great Gatsby Literary Analysis In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are two men named Gatsby and Tom. They are both main characters and have great influence on the story. Gatsby and Tom have many similarities but also have many differences as well. These are two characters that have conflicts thought out the novel because of conflicting personalities and disputes over many situations. In this literary analysis of The Great Gatsby we will be comparing
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Gatsby a man Daisy is in love with but then there’s her husband‚ Tom that she is scared to lose. Are Gatsby and Tom that much alike or is she just in it for the money? Daisy is all about money and she doesn’t care if it’s old or new she just wants it. Daisy had a whim when Gatsby came back because she wanted Gatsby even though she was married to Tom. Daisy only married Tom for his money but she was in love with Gatsby. Gatsby and Tom are alike in so many ways. Gatsby and Tom both have the idea
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Tom and Gatsby are the same in the aspect of their values‚ but they differ in their life styles. Both Gatsby and Tom was adulteress because Gatsby wanted Daisy who was married and Tom was cheating on Daisy. But in contrast Tom was the big strong guy and Gatsby was smaller and not as well built. Tom and Gatsby were both rich and thought that money could buy anything and everything they wanted‚ both Gatsby and Tom used their money to impress people. Gatsby uses his for parties to get Daisy to come
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importance of image and how others viewed them. Most importantly‚ the nation’s wealth started to increase immensely and being wealthy became very important to society as well. Fitzgerald writes his novel during this time period and it focuses a lot on the different types of wealth in society. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the author contrasts old and new money’s social statuses‚ conveys how materialistic ideas cannot result
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Why Tom Over the Romantic Gatsby? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ we are presented with two very different but similar men‚ Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby‚ who find themselves stuck in a love triangle with the desirable Daisy. In the novel‚ Gatsby tries to win her over while her husband‚ Tom‚ tries to turn her away from him‚ in order to have her for himself. Despite the fact that they are both wealthy and well settled‚ Daisy chooses to be with Tom over her long lost love because she and
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music it is shot. Why was the bird shot? Like characters in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the mockingbird was viewed as dangerous. The only way people knew how to deal with problems was by “shooting them down.” The innocence of killing a mockingbird is shown by three characters in the book: Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ and Boo Radley. Their traits and actions shown throughout To Kill a Mockingbird help symbolize the mockingbird. Even though they all resemble mockingbirds in the novel‚ they all symbolize
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Throughout the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ it is apparent that Daisy and Tom had an unstable relationship. Both Daisy and Tom came from affluent backgrounds and the upper class of society. Tom had a large ego and Daisy was in love with having a lavish and extravagant lifestyle. They were both consumed with money and everything that went along with being wealthy and having an upper class position in society. Their whole relationship was based upon money‚ not true love. Tom came from old money and
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