Tom Buchanan Character Traits

Tom Buchanan is a super-rich, hyper-masculine, aggressive thirty years old married man, who inherited his money from his parents. Not the most likable of the characters of the book and we don't get a chance to see him in a more sympathetic way. He belongs to a so-called "old money" group of people, class, which families are well known and respected. When tom was young, he moved to east in order to attend Yale university, where he also met his wife's cousin Nick Caraway at the University's social club. Soon, after getting into Yale, Tom immediately makes enemies "there were men at New Haven that hated his guts”. As we find out from Nick, his "...arrogant eyes..." and "...cruel body.." are his main personal features, which fascinate and
Tom Buchanan is a racist and isn't hiding it. He also is afraid of "colored" to take over the world, which makes a reader think, that he feels insecure being surrounded by other races "The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be - will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's been proved.". Same in the end of the novel, when Myrtle was supposed to leave the city with her husband and Daisy was half way gone to Gatsby, or when Wilson was about to kill him, thinking, that he was the one, who had an affaire with his wife and killed her to cover the tracks, Tom lies to Wilson, to free himself from the mistakes he has done. After he realizes, that Daisy is willing to leave him, he tries to manipulate her by saying: "And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time." We see, that he becomes nervous and feels himself only then insecure, when the things he owns are about to vanish away. Careless person, which mostly thinks of himself and cares only about his