The Great Gatsby Central Theme Essay

using F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby to show how Tom’s emotional abuse toward Daisy

Tom is incredibly insecure when it comes to Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship, as he doesn’t feel like he has the same amount of influence over Daisy as Gatsby does to her. Jordan once said “If you’re a snob, why did you invite him to lunch?” when Tom wouldn’t stop criticizing Gatsby (Fitzgerald 122). The reason why he was making remarks about Gatsby is because he is afraid that Gatsby himself would take Daisy away from him and he’s very emotional at this point, doesn’t know what to do, probably can’t think straight either, so he turns to criticizing him as a way to let all the mixed emotions out of him. Tom might have it all, but so does Gatsby, the only difference is

As I sat there in the hotel, all was well until Tom accuses Gatsby of being a murderer and Gatsby lost his temper. I could tell Gatsby was furious at Tom and after he over reacted he tried to calm Daisy down but she just didn't feel the same way about Gatsby after this incident. After witnessing the fighting and constant arguing between Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby. Tom eventually sent Daisy off with Gatsby and I watched them as they awkwardly walk out to the car.

There was a recollection of the moments that Gatsby and Daisy had together and Daisy was the first “nice” girl that Gatsby had ever known. Gatsby cuddled with Daisy before he left for the Armistice, but after it instead of getting sent home he was sent to Oxford instead. Daisy wanted to shape her life and that decision had to be made by a force of love or money. The force that she was looking for was fulfilled in Tom. Gatsby had told Nick that he thought that Daisy had never loved Tom. Nick made it clear that he was no longer talking to Jordan after an abrupt conversation that they had on the phone with each

And after Tom had brought up Walter Chase, Gatsby had an unfamiliar expression on his face. Nick tells us, “Then I turned back to Gatsby—and was startled at his expression. He looked—and this is said in all contempt for the babbled slander of his garden—as if he had “killed a man.” …It passed, and he began to talk excitedly to Daisy, denying everything, defending his name against accusations that had not been made. But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up, and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible, …” (Gatsby 134) This passage shows the reader that Tom has made his point well enough to scare Gatsby, and well enough to convince Daisy to realize that Gatsby is just not the kind of person she wants to be with. Tom showed up Gatsby, and with knowledge, Tom was able to prove his point which makes puts  him with more power over Gatsby and even Daisy. For afterward, Tom commands to Daisy and Gatsby, “‘You two start on home, Daisy, in Mr. Gatsby’s Car. … Go on. He won’t annoy you. I think he realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is over.’ They were gone, without a word, snapped out, made accidental, isolated, like ghosts, even from our pity.” (Gatsby 135)

As Jay Gatsby enters his life, it slowly begins to crumble, as his wife enters an affair with another man (Gatsby), his Mistress is moving away, and he is being told by this man whom he just met that his wife never loved him. Although, just because a character is protective does not mean that they are a good person. Tom’s actions directly lead to the murder of Jay Gatsby, and he is cheating on his wife. Tom is the most protective of what he has and is quite conservative when it comes to any changes in his life, since he see’s his life before his run-ins with Gatsby to be

Tom is undermining his intelligence not only to find out if the rumours are true but to appear like the bigger man in front of Daisy. Gatsby then retaliates by undermining his relationship with Daisy. He states “Your wife doesn’t love you “ said Gatsby. She has never loved you. She loves me.”(p124). Gatsby tries to turn the subject around to Tom. There is a big power struggle going on, keyword power. Tom does not love Daisy, he loves being powerful. He does not even claim to love Daisy, he claims Daisy loves him, “Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me know”. Tom cannot let Gatsby have his wife because that is the equivalent of letting Gatsby have some of his power.

<br>Before this quote, Tom had no inkling of Gatsby and Daisy's secret affair and when he finds out, it makes him crazed. The thought of not having control over his women, made him furious. He also thought that to love someone, you had to dominate them and the moment he realizes that he has lost this domination, he panics because he thinks that maybe Daisy doesn't love him anymore. Gatsby senses that Tom is upset which gives Gatsby a sense of power since it is now he who has control over Daisy, for the time being.

“Is Tom most responsible for Gatsby’s death? Daisy? Myrtle? Gatsby himself? Give reasons why or why not each character is implicated in the murder.”

The society our nation lives in today has developed morals and principles through the lessons experienced from the past. The Roaring Twenties was a time of change and a chance to pave a path for the person you wanted to become. Morals and principles served as guidelines rather than rules and were merely preached that practiced. Thus, the severity of the immoral actions taking place created opportunities for lessons to be learned. In his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrated various moral lessons through the downfall and corruption of various characters based on their immoral actions. The narrator, Nick Carraway is a young man who throughout the

The Great Gatsby (2013) is a romantic drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann. The film’s screenplay is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) novel “The Great Gatsby.” It starts Leonardo Dicaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki and Isla Fisher. It follows the life of a multi-millionaire Jay Gatsby from the perspective of the narrator Nick Carraway who moves to New York out from the Midwest chasing his own American dream and end up living next door to Gatsby. The film is very alluring because it allows us to learn about the different aspects of the American Dream through an epic romantic drama between Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan.

The Great Gatsby is told by Nick Carraway, who narrates what he sees when he moves by his cousin Daisy and Gatsby. Gatsby attempts an unachievable goal which is winning Daisy’s love back through money and power, even though Daisy is married to Tom. He desired to win her love by being prosperous, but he became wealthy by committing crimes. But what keeps him different, as Nick Carraway thinks, is that he is naive, self-importance, and passionate yet ludicrous. “Gatsby has "something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life" , and "an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person" , but Tom has a hard mouth and supercilious manner, two shining arrogant eyes, and a cruel body.” As compared to Tom, Daisy’s husband, Gatsby isn’t all that great of a person. He had one objective and did anything he could to reach that; Tom was naturally prosperous and got his way with no trouble.

Jay Gatsby has demonstrated struggle with life- acceptance throughout this novel. Nothing is ever good enough. Daisy Buchanan his true love or so he believes, she is all he needs and wants to feel complete. Gatsby never reaches his goal of capturing Daisy Buchanan there for he never feels complete. His self-acceptance never is achieved. Gatsby has demonstrated this towards Tom Buchanan, Nick Carraway, and Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby shows the reader that he is

Even though in Chapter 2, it mentions how Tom cannot stand Daisy. If so why does Tom get extremely irritated at the fact that Daisy and Gatsby are spending time with each other? Does Tom actually have feelings for Daisy and is quiet about it or does he see her as his property that he does not want anyone else to take from him. Women did not have power back then and were seen as property so it could be that Daisy is more of a security blanket for Tom. If he and Myrtle end things, he would still have

Gatsby's intrusion in his personal life creates a spark within Tom, in which he begins to care more for his wife. With the belief of Gatsby killing his mistress, Tom changes his attitude, in order to prove his love for his wife and to make sure that Gatsby cannot achieve his goal of taking Daisy away from him.