The Great Gatsby Tom Character Analysis

In the book “The Great Gatsby”, Nick has a front row seat to a horrific love circle. Tom and Nick are different in many ways. Tom is portrayed in the story as an antagonist, while Nick is a protagonist. Both of these characters have encounters with Gatsby’s lover Daisy. The story of a distressed lovers drags a newcomer of the city into their feuds.

We can see how he doesn’t care about respecting others but himself. And we can for sure see how respecting women is at the bottom of his list as shown on the quoted words from above. Tom comes from a really rich family which he has inherit. After all, the only thing that’s good about Tom is how wealthy he is because if it were not for that, his attitude toward woman would surely do him no good.

Keeping in mind of his higher socio-economic class, Tom prevents George from pursuing the American Dream by refusing to sell his car. Tom passes by Mr. Wilson's garage and stops to discuss with him and to further speak with Myrtle, his mistress. Tom and Mr. Wilson consult about his car that he will soon sell. Because Tom believes Mr. Wilson speaks in an unfriendly tone and shows little respect towards him, he rebukes, “No, he doesn’t. And if you feel that way about it, maybe I’d better sell it somewhere else after all” (Fitzgerald 25). Tom understands Wilson’s need for the car, however, Tom is not anxious to sell the car to him. Because of Tom’s wealth, he does not necessarily need the money right away. If Tom needed to sell the car sooner, than he would have loved Mr. Wilson's interest and sold the car to him right away. In order for Mr. Wilson to be prosperous as working as a mechanic, he needs Tom to sell him his car. Tom abrogates any potential for Wilson to obtain the

For example, Tom hesitates before including Daisy in the conversation with Nick and Jordan. Tom says “ ‘This idea is that we’re Nordics. I am, and you are, and you are-’ After an infinitesimal hesitation he included Daisy with a slight nod and she winked at me again” (14). Tom waited to add Daisy to the conversation. This shows how he pushed her away, and disrespected her. If Tom would have treated her better, then their marriage might have been in a better state. Both Tom and Daisy’s affairs may have not happened if Tom wouldn’t have been so supercilious and careless. Another example that shows Tom’s disrespect is when he talks about his past affairs at the hotel in New York. Tom says “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” (132). Obviously Tom frequently has affairs but doesn’t think it’s okay for Daisy to do the same. He treats Daisy and their marriage like a possession. Tom believes he has freedom to do whatever he wants, but is perturbed when he finds out about Daisy and Gatsby’s affair. Because of his mistreatment towards Daisy, she has an affair and their marriage is very

When Tom claims that Daisy actually does love him, he suppresses her opinion by putting words in her mouth to aid his argument. Tom perceives the need that he must speak for his wife as if she can not speak for herself. Also, Tom claims that Daisy obtains “foolish ideas,” and that she “doesn’t know what she’s doing.” He implies that she is crazy and it is understandable that she fools around because of that. This reflects the misogynistic views men had towards women in this time period as they silenced women with their opinions to prove their

He likes Daisy not for true love but rather for a possession-type relationship. He cheats on her and is proud of it. When with Daisy, he rarely acts romantic because he is always preoccupied with his greed. He doesn't strive for her love because he knows his wealth will keep her with him. He has a very realistic approach on life. He sees things as they are. This allows Tom to stay happy and rarely be disappointed.

This passage shows Georges over reaction/Kidnapping of his wife after he figures out that she’s been cheating on him. The way Tom overreacts which is ironic due to the multiple times he has cheated on daisy can be seen in this passage. “Self-control!” repeated Tom incredulously. “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea you can count me out…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”.

Tom’s neglecting manner of Daisy brings out his supercilious manner of feeling superior to others. In another instance, Tom’s supercilious manner is shown once again. In fact, we find out a little secret about Tom’s life. Tom describes a man, named Wilson as, “Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York.

The Great Gatsby, by F.Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about a man that is in love and thats wants his love that he had 5 years ago he want to repeat the past. How did Gatsby changes in the book from the beginning, to middle, to end of the book? Gatsby changes throughout the entire book. changes in him are linked to daisy.Gatsby changes and things start going his way, until the end, when he loses everything he worked for.Gatsby changes the most

Tom Buchanan’s characteristics were fabricated to mimic those in society who decide against treating their significant other with the respect and love that he/she deserves. In the novel, Tom was never content with just having the wife he claimed he loved (Daisy), so he also began to an affair with his mechanic’s wife. He never exhibited any remorse for his infidelity, even after Daisy reveals that there have been more affairs on page 131: “Do you know why we left Chicago? I’m surprised they didn’t treat you to the story of that little spree.”. She reveals this in an attempt to get her husband to feel some remorse for his cheating or at least to convince him to allow her to leave him for Gatsby. Her attempts fail, however, and he fights even more to keep her as his own. Although Daisy uses a term with a less harsh connotation to mimic Tom’s verbal evasion of his actions, Fitzgerald makes it clear that Tom refuses to have a monogamous relationship, yet demands Daisy to do so.

    Daisy and Tom do not have an honest relationship, in fact, Daisy consistently lies to him. These lies are not perceived as that bad because

Tom does not care about anyone else in the process of getting what he wants. Daisy is never being treated how she really should and one of the only things keeping them together is there child. Tom is not the person to ever with acquainted with, his personality is lacking all of the good things like Gatsby has. He will never be good enough for Daisy but she just will not see that.

“Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions”- Pablo Picasso. These words can or are very true. Peoples emotions or personalities might change depending on not necessarily color, but the surrounding people or activity that might be going on. In F Scott Fitzgerald the great gatsby there are three different parties at the beginning. These parties are completely distinct from each other, but still have certain things in common.

Tom takes advantage of this situation and manipulates Daisy to completely depend on him. Daisy has spent her whole life being used to someone telling her what to do, and her relationship with Tom is no different. Even right after they got married, “If he left the room for a minute she’d look around uneasily and say: ‘‘Where’s Tom gone?’ and wear the most abstract expression until she saw him coming in the door” (77). Daisy relies solely on Tom and is “uneasy” without him around. Her dependence on Tom reflects not only his hyper masculinity, but how little he cares about Daisy. Despite this, he knows Daisy will never leave him, and pushes their marriage to the brink by having multiple affairs.

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (Fitzgerald, 189). In Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway moves to the West Egg of New York in pursuit of success in the bond business. His cousin Daisy Buchanan along with Tom Buchanan lives in the fancier side of New York, East Egg. Nick soon finds out that he lives next to a very wealthy, but mysterious person, Jay Gatsby. After Gatsby’s initial claims don’t add up, Tom Buchanan does further research and exposes the truth behind Jay Gatsby, now known as James Gatz. It is soon known that James Gatz, after falling for Daisy five years prior, has sculpted his entire life around creating what James hoped to have with Daisy before their love was postponed. James Gatz does all that he can to win over Daisy, but there is an abrupt freak accident ending with James Gatz and George Wilson dead by the pool. Although James Gatz appears to be a case of rags to riches, most of his wealth was acquired illegally, he had no real friends, and was ultimately a great big liar.