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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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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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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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 and contrasting Gatsby and Tom.
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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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two men fall on totally opposite ends of the behavioral spectrum. There is Tom Buchanan who is the more dominant male figure and arrogant wiseguy‚ and then there is Jay Gatsby who is the more reserved and morally refined man of newly gained wealth. While both characters share a deep rooted love for Daisy‚ their characters differ greatly in how each expresses their love for her. Basically the dividing difference between Gatsby and Buchanan come from their backgrounds and rise to wealth. Both men
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Gatsby vs. Buchanan Imagine the 1920’s have been re-enacted‚ a time of luxurious parties and when things‚ didn’t seem to matter or mean as much as they do now. The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ gives you a picture of what the time period was like. It was a time known as the "Jazz Age"‚ where the economy was at its peak‚ and money was easy to be held. Prohibition was in affect‚ and bootlegging was very gainful for those who took part in it. Jay Gatsby most likely took part in an illegal
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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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Compare/Contrast If Daisy has to pick between two men with whom to spend the rest her of life‚ she should pick Gatsby. He may not come from as wealthy of background of Daisy‚ but he does truly love her. Gatsby is from North Dakota and he was not born rich. Also his real name is James Gatz. He did not like his family‚ he was convinced he was given to the wrong family. By his late teens Gatsby had left home and this is when he met Dan Cody. The two became good friends after Gatsby warned Dan about
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Tom and Gatsby are both very import characters in the book‚ The Great Gatsby. In some ways they are similar and in some ways they are different. Both Characters made the novel as wonderful as it was. It’s your opinion‚ which character you like better though. In the following essay I will compare and contrast the two characters. There are many similarities between the two characters. One is that both of the men loved Daisy. You could say that didn’t seem to love her having an affair‚ although towards
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