Similarities And Differences Between Gatsby And George Wilson

The Great Gatsby is a classic novel which shows the American dream, as well as, the differences in the social classes. The novel tells the story of love and loss that teaches people the full extent of consequences on life decisions. Throughout the novel, the characters Tom Buchanan and George Wilson are portrayed as polar opposites but they are more similar than different. Tom being the adulterous husband, whereas, George is the devoted spouse. Although their morals are extremely diverse, the men are very alike in their attitudes toward women and violent incidents. Tom Buchanan and George Wilson are similar in the aspects of their treatment of women and violent actions. These similarities being their need for, and lack thereof, control

that characterizes the lives of Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby. One particular scene that highlights Nick's true character is when he accompanies Gatsby to the Buchanan's house after the accident. Nick witnesses the disregard for others with which Tom and Daisy treat the situation, and he is unable to restore friendly relations between their behavior with his own moral code. Nick is bummed out because he no longer believes in the wealthy and privileged class is evident in this scene, as he realizes the emptiness and hypocrisy that underlies their lives. Ultimately, Myrtle's death serves as a catalyst for Nick to reevaluate his own values and beliefs.

“the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired”(Fitzgerald). From this Nick puts Gatsby as a pursuer and Daisy as the pursued. Nick is essentially stereotyping people with four niche stereotypes that are accurate for very few people. Nick tells gatsby “You’re acting like a little boy” and that Gatsby was being rude. Nick rarely tells people what he thinks of them and their actions. It was a rather condescending statement towards Gatsby, who was already embarrassed.(Fitzgerald 88). One of the few times Nick tells people how he feels about something it’s negative. Throughout the story Nick never tells Daisy about Tom’s affair and Never tells Tom about Daisy’s. Nick also could have told Mr.Wilson from being surprised. If either Tom or Daisy knew they would have divorced ending horribly dishonest relationship. This would have benefited everyone. Mr.Wilson knew that if he did not go west his wife would leave him, but if he knew before he could have either ended the affair or his marriage. If he had told anyone instead of standing by and doing

The nineteen twenties was a time of lavish parties, the stock market was on the rise and women such as flappers were gaining independence. Despite this, men at the time were still seen as superior and their brutish, abusive, and cheating was considered the norm. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan and George Wilson are more similar than different, despite the money that determines their fate. This story reveals how Tom and George both have similar attitudes towards women and both are being cuckolded, the only thing that differentiates the two is money and power.

Nick is an unreliable narrator. He seems, from the beginning, to be level headed and wholly observant. However, he blacks out when he gets drunk, and we lose time. Also, he is deeply embedded and prejudices us against Tom and for Gatsby.

Nick is a very judgmental person thought the book when it comes to Gatsby Nick’s views are constantly changing about this character, but how he perceived Gatsby was inappropriate. when Gatsby begins to get nervous around Daisy he gets up to leave the party, and Nick goes up to Gatsby and says “you’re acting like a little boy I broke out impatiently not only that, but you’re rude” (Fitzgerald p. 88-89). At this point we see just how judgmental Nick is. He uses the words “little boy”, and says he is

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

One thing that surprises me about Nick is that he was loyal to Gatsby who seemed likeable enough but empty inside. He seemed like the picture was more important than the real person. Nick was interested in person and would put himself in a bad light to help a friend. “I didn’t want to go to the city. I wasn’t worth a decent stroke

Two characters that may have struck the audience to have nothing in common but internally have many similarities. They might have completely different actions in situations, different looks on the way of life, and different goal in the end of their time, but are very similar in certain aspects. These two characters are Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. Jay Gatsby is a middle aged man that came from nothing but has now has worked his way to have “everything.” He came from a poor family but became incredibly rich. He did not achieve his success in the best way, but he made it. He owns a huge mansion on West Egg that he would have never been able to afford in his past. Nick Carraway is the narrator of the story. So, the readers get to actually hear

Nick’s behavioural changes are one the most evident changes that the reader is able to notice after he is invited to Gatsby’s house. These changes could be regarded as either negative or positive depending on how the reader interprets them. “Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.”(pg. 59), this is one of Nick’s quote from the beginning of the story before he meets Gatsby, he states that he is very honest to himself and to others but the reader soon finds out that is not the case. Nick is not an honest individual because after Gatsby is accused for Myrtle Wilson’s murder he does not speak up and tell Tom Buchanan and George Wilson (Myrtle’s husband) as to whom committed the crime. This misunderstanding ultimately leads to the death of  Jay Gatsby as he shot my George at his Mansion. These series of events are important to Nick’s behavioural changes as the reader to notice how being in Gatsby’s mansion had affected his honesty. Another behavioural change the reader is able to notice is Nick’s drinking habit as he starts to drink more when he first enters one of Gatsby’s parties. Chapter two of “The Great Gatsby” is where the

Nick is not the only one that changed to pursue his dream but Gatsby did too. Gatsby became a new person to achieve his dream and the dream he wanted so desperately is to be with Daisy Buchanan. He changed his morals to try and be with her, he even went as far as to some illegal activities pointed out by Tom Buchanan.”I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him and I wasn't far wrong”(Fitzgerald 133). Gatsby would do anything to be with Daisy but little did he know that him trying to be with her would lead to his untimely

Although people may seem like they are completely different, they can have many similarities. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby seem like they are completely different, but they actually go through some similar events. Both Myrtle and Gatsby have goals of acquiring money and being accepted into the lifestyle of the upper class lifestyle that the Buchanans were living and ended up falling victim to them. However, Gatsby’s goal of being accepted was to be accepted by Daisy while Myrtle’s was purely for money. Although Gatsby and Myrtle appear to be vastly different people, they are actually quite similar.

Nick, the narrator happens to be at both deaths in the book and shows great sadness in his voice and not most people had the same sadness as Nick had during both very sad events. Nick has more sadness when he doesn’t know the big discussion between Jordan and Gatsby at the party when Gatsby first showed his face to them. When Jordan, Nick, Gatsby, Tom, and daisy are all talking about daisy’s love for Tom and Gatsby. Tom brings up that Gatsby is only friends with Nick just to get to Daisy. Therefore, Gatsby shows too much hostility and anger when Tom keeps trying to convince Daisy to stay with him and not Gatsby. Also midway through the book Nick is happy to know that Daisy and Gatsby have shown a sudden interest in each other once

In the beginning of the chapter, he tries to win Nick’s favor, offering him a trip to Covey Island and, when he declines, to “take a plunge in the swimming-pool” together (82). During Daisy and Gatsby’s reunion, Nick acts as a third wheel toward the pair. He’s cast aside, but Gatsby refuses to let him leave because “[his] presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone” (94). Though Gatsby does show some genuine affection towards Nick, it’s mostly to earn his kindness and better use him for his own purposes. From Nick’s perspective, he and Gatsby are great friends - and to a certain extent, that is true. But in the end, it wasn’t necessarily Gatsby himself that attracted Nick, it was his incandescence, his dreams and aspirations; he was an enigma - a bright, sparkling enigma in Nick’s eyes. Throughout the book, Nick unconsciously denies this fact, allowing himself to believe that he and Gatsby are close friends. As a result, he continues hanging out with Gatsby, doing whatever he asks, and taking his side in conflicts - not always outright, but in subtle ways.

F. Scott Fitzgerald constructed his novel, The Great Gatsby, by sculpting numerous situation and character contrasts together through out the novel to create and deliver a magnificent work of art. Although Fitzgerald contrasted numerous characters and situations through out the novel, there are three that are very pungent; the characters Tom Buchanan and George Wilson and Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. Not only were there Character contrasts, there were also situations that Fitzgerald contrasted against each other. One of them was the contrasting of the concept of the Old Money life style and the New Money life style. Tom and George not only have physical