Compare And Contrast The Great Gatsby And Tom Buchanan

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. It is recognized as the “Great American Novel” as it shows great wealth, partying, jazz music and many other aspects of the “American Dream”. In his novel, he displays a lot of symbols, and themes including wealth, greed, and the most vivid, betrayal. Betrayal can upset many people and ruin many people. Betrayal was demonstrated throughout the entire novel with a lot of connections. Three situations will be examined, and they will be: Gatsby betrayed by Daisy, Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle and no one attends Gatsby’s funeral.

Daisy and Myrtle are greedy people who do what they want, not caring who they hurt. Daisy and Myrtle are both inconsiderate, selfish, and careless. In the novel, Myrtle does not care that she is cheating on Wilson with Tom. She does not take into account that Wilson and Daisy will end up hurt from her actions. Daisy is inconsiderate because she is just using Gatsby. She may truly love Gatsby, however, she is using him because she wants love, which she does not have with Tom. She will end up hurting Gatsby because she is giving him hope that she will leave Tom for Gatsby. Realistically, Daisy knows she will never leave Tom. Daisy Buchanan, like Myrtle Wilson, will also hurt her husband, Tom, when he finds out she is cheating on him, even though he is having an affair with Myrtle. Daisy ends up admitting she loves Gatsby in front of Tom, she says, “You always look so cool” (Fitzgerald 119). Tom is shocked and hurt by this because he thought he had his wife “under control.” Daisy and

The book The Great Gatsby is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it’s a narrative told from the perspective of Nick Carraway. He tells the story of the tragic life of Jay Gatsby and talks about the society of the wealthy people with high social status. He talks about the conflict between the two huge power Tom and Gatsby, due to their similarity in their money and social status, while they compete for dominance and masculinity by fighting over Daisy. Through Nick’s narration and his close relationship with Gatsby, the readers realize that the motive behind everything that Gatsby does is to win back Daisy’s heart to repeat the past, the first time when he fell in love with Daisy.

In The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan has two lovers, Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, who are different from each other. Throughout the book, The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway describes Daisy Buchanan struggles with her two lovers. Jay Gatsby, who she has fallen in love with five years ago, and Tom Buchanan, the man she married and had a child with. Tom and Gatsby are the same since they both love Daisy, but are different because of their background and the way they treat Daisy.

Throughout the book, Tom Buchanan and George Wilson both seem to be predominate to their wives. While Daisy was chatting, Tom cut her off because he did not want to hear what she was saying. Meanwhile, George locked Myrtle in their house so they could leave town because she had an affair. Wilson states, “I told her she might be able to fool me, but she couldn't fool God.” (159) Wilson tells Myrtle this because he wants her to feel like she is being judged. The unlikeness of the two is that Tom cares for himself more than he does Daisy; George actually loves his wife Myrtle.

Tom and George’s attitude towards women are similar and different. They each treat women on how they see fit. Neither Tom nor George has much respect or understanding for women. Both have no understanding of what a woman's place in life should be. The difference is how they maintain control when the women in their lives challenge their roles as men. Tom is an unfaithful man when it comes to marriage. He had an affair with George’s wife Myrtle Wilson. It is seen as morally wrong to be unfaithful to one’s significant other. Tom does nothing to hide the affair and goes as to accept a phone call from his mistress during dinner. Tom treats his wife and mistress like trash whereas George put’s his wife on a pedestal. George Wilson is seen as being submissive around women, we see that when he’s with his wife Myrtle.

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel features Jay Gatsby, George Wilson, Nick Carraway, Jordan Baker and Tom Buchanan along with many others to show the hopes, the struggles and the romance the characters went through each and every day. Due to the mixing of the two social classes: the rich and the poor, we learn about the causes and effects of what they face. In the book, two major characters that greatly influenced this story were Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. Both of them had difficulties in the way they acted, felt, and where they belonged to. They also have some relatable characteristics that are alike

Both Tom Buchanan and George Wilson hate the idea of their spouses cheating of them. After Myrtle's death George Wilson becomes a lot like Tom Buchanan with his rage a violence toward the people who hurt them. Tom Buchanan treats women like they’re his property and he mentions to Nick that, “women run around too much these days to suit (him)” (103). Tom has no remorse after the death of his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. On the other hand, George is almost ripped apart in a way, the death of Myrtle drove him to near insanity. Tom can

George Wilson and Tom Buchanan from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby are often perceived as two different character; however, they have various similarities as well. Tom and Mr. Wilson are both examples of how two men from completely opposite ends of society can experience the same difficulties. For example, both men’s wives were having an affair. Therefore, readers can assume that there marriages were unsatisfactory. Evidence of this exists in many petty arguments between Tom and Daisy, specifically one over the word “hulking”, as well as the fact that Myrtle, Mr. Wilson’s wife, dreamed of joining Tom’s social class. Another similarity is that Tom and Mr. Wilson both react positively when they discover the affair. Mr Wilson told Tom,

Not many people would argue with the fact that the Buchanans and Jay Gatsby are very different. Although they are both rich, they had dissimilar means of coming about their wealth and the ways they choose to use it. Tom Buchanan was born rich and has always lived a lavish lifestyle. Gatsby, however, worked hard and earned his money, albeit illegally. Despite both of them being wealthy, they come from two completely separate worlds.

In the 1920's there was a lot to be said of how people made their money, had parties, and the love for one another. This was the era when the financial gain was good, at lease for the upper-class population. Even though some people made a living illegally, some bought up bonds and saved them. There were two men that had several similarities in this day and time, but also had a lot of differences. These men were Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan.

Buchanan is an arrogant, cruel bigot. We see these traits when he makes comments about others for instance, "Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next they'll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white." Gatsby on the other hand, is a kindhearted man that is open to friendship. This is revealed at his parties with how he treas his guest. Both however, use the people around them. Buchanan uses Daisy as someone to settle down with and Myrtle by not associating with people below his class, but sleeping with her. Also Jordan Baker tells us that Gatsby is using Nick Caraway, to get to Daisy, when she tells Caraway "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." In the end, neither character is concerned about hurting anyone else, but rather concerned with only the good of

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classical literary work The Great Gatsby depicts the height of the early 1920s scene through Nick Carraway’s perspective, effectively displaying the shortcomings of human nature. With love being one of the central themes of the novel, the main plot focuses on Gatsby’s endeavors to win over Daisy’s affections, which therein results in the confrontation between him and Daisy’s husband Tom Buchanan. At the climax of the novel however, Daisy makes her decision to remain with Tom. Despite the love Daisy felt towards Gatsby, he had ultimately failed to insure the certainty that Tom was able to satisfy in both a relationship and in wealth that societal pressures of the early 1920s enforced.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the main antagonist in the story is Tom Buchanan. Buchanan opposes Gatsby’s attempts to fulfill his desires. I disliked this character in the novel because of his presumptuous, aggressive personality. Tom Buchanan has little to no qualms about his love for Myrtle Wilson, but is enraged upon learning about Gatsby’s affection for Daisy. This suggests that Buchanan sees himself as above Gatsby. During this scenario, my dislike for Tom Buchanan increased. Buchanan can also be criticized for his views on race and sex. He believes that the white race is naturally superior and should be treated as such. In his eyes, he white race should have control. In addition, Buchanan can be disliked and critiqued

The Great Gatsby is a movie set in the 1920’s. The main character Nick Carraway lives next to the mysterious Jay Gatsby. Throughout the movie you experience the roaring 20’s first hand. They take you to the lavish countryside, through the struggling “valley of ashes”, into the bustling cites, and down into the bootlegging speakeasies. Gatsby is a secretive man and no one knows the truth about him. By the end of the film you find out his past and his secrets are revealed to us by Nick. Nick was like Gatsby’s best friend through the film. Nick was like a middle man between Gatsby and Daisy. Daisy Buchanan was a woman who lived, with her husband Tom, across the bay from Gatsby. Tom had been sleeping around behind Daisy’s back and nick was the only one who knew who it was although everyone suspected he was. Although there are many characters to follow the main one was Gatsby his life was the main purpose of the film.