Daisy Buchanan has two lovers, and doesn’t seem to care that they know each other! You may be wondering, “What is so appealing about them?” or “Are they any similar?” I was thinking the same thing! Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby at first glance seem to be nothing alike with their conflicting personalities, the way they portray themselves, and the types of love they show towards Daisy. But she must like them for a reason, right? Our first and worst candidate is Tom Buchanan who is the husband of Daisy. He is arrogant, hypocritical, and ignorant of time and how sensitive it is. We can see this in action when he expects others to act the way he wants them to but has very low expectations for himself. Tom was spoiled as a child and was already born …show more content…
He knew her from before he went to war, he always loved her but could never get her after he left. But now that he is back, he can finally run away with her. Jay is kind, honest, and grateful for every second he spends with Daisy. He is constantly focusing on a better future for himself and hopefully Daisy as well, when he said , “ It's so sad, because it's so hard to make her understand. It's so hard to make her understand. I've gotten all these things for her. I've gotten all these things for her and now she just... she just wants to run away.” (Fitzgerald). It shows how he’s been building a life for them but that he wants her to be in it and stay with him. Another thing Gatsby says that makes it clear he’s very focused on his future is, “My life, old sport, my life... my life has got to be like this… It's got to keep going up.” (Fitzgerald). Gatsby can also be intrusive, like doing huge gestures for Daisy without even thinking twice about it. Gatsby varies from the other rich men at the time, in that he built his riches by himself. He was born wealthy but chose to work himself to get where the old money men were at. This is a large reason why he is so grateful for everything he has since he knows what life is like with nothing. Even though Gatsby has nice things, he isn’t really focused on money or showing off his nice things, but he is focused on Daisy living the lavish life with him. In the
Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby even though they are from two different sides of wealth have a lot in common. These two characters are both rich and live in the Hamptons. Gatsby and Tom also have affairs with different women . Tom has an affair with Myrtle Wilson and Gatsby has an affair with Daisy Buchanan . These
Shea Stuckey Schmit College English 05/08/23 Gatsby and Buchanan: Two sides of the same coin The book The Great Gatsby follows the story of a self-made wealthy man, Jay Gatsby, through the eyes of a middle class midwestern, Nick Carraway. Nick depicts Gatsby as a larger than life, mysterious, complex, and ultimately great man. Nick includes Gatsby’s 5 year long infatuation with Nick's cousin, Daisy Buchanan, while depicting Tom, Daisy’s husband, as a terrible, aggressive, uncaring man. While Nick's depiction of Tom is altogether not far off from the truth, Nick neglects and hides the similarities between Tom and Gatsby, while there are glaring differences between the two men, they are quite frankly two sides of the same coin.
In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby tries to find Daisy Buchanan. Daisy, is a women who fell in love with jay, but ended up marrying Tom Buchanan. There are a lot of mixed feelings with who loves who, and a massive indecisiveness throughout the whole book. The way Jay pursued love, was the same was he pursued wealth. Love and wealth play big parts in The Great Gatsby.
Daisy Buchanan= Amos hart: Both characters are dependent beings that will stay with their spouses even after major betrayal. Both are like loyal dogs that will continue to follow their spouses even when they are burned and cheated on. Daisy even though she loves Gatsby stays with Tom because he’s “stable and honest”, and Amos would do anything to get Roxie out of jail. However, Amos is a lot more desperate to get back with Roxie, unlike Daisy that is more of a follower who can’t seem to make up her own mind and will follow one person until they die and then hook on to somebody else. Mr. Wilson= Amos hart: Both characters suffer from cheating wives, and are both depressed and lost without their wives.
Gatsby’s life seems healthy and well off with his grand parties and huge mansion but as the book progresses, he finds Daisy again and starts losing interest in the world around him. Since he has become used to his wealth and power it makes him think that he can control anything he wants such as Daisy, but as he continues to pursue her Gatsby becomes
Jay Gatsby knows this situation well. By any means necessary, Gatsby completely and single-mindedly modifies himself as a person. This evolution efficiently severs any ties between that of the original James Gatz that Daisy first meets, to the reinvented Jay Gatsby created just for her. Frustratingly, every bit of this is in vain. Gatsby brawls with Tom Buchanan, her husband, over who Daisy’s heart rightfully belonged.
Daisy Buchanan was the love interest of many men, including Jay Gatsby. Gatsby had claimed he was from a wealthy background in order to win Daisy over. This was enough for her, winning Daisy’s heart, but he soon left to fight in the war. Daisy promised Gatsby that she would wait for him until he returns, that when he returned, they could be together, but soon married Tom Buchanan, who could provide her a wealthy life. Because Daisy adopts the role of the a fool, she achieves power, but becomes shallow in the process.
He is disillusioned by the hustle and bustle of the city and hopes to find what he’s missing in life. The reason he becomes so invested in Gatsby’s quest for love is that he’s looking for the same thing as him, only in a different way. He later realizes the superficiality of his new lifestyle and feels alienated from his wealthier counterparts. This can be seen when he says, "Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction—Gatsby who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn." (Fitzgerald
The love of Jay and Daisy was one sided while she loved his glory he was too blind to see that the love is only an
He longed to be wealthy and to achieve the suave persona he had in his mind. Gatsby was born into a life he wasn’t satisfied with and he wanted to be rich and successful. He didn’t care how he obtained the wealth. He hated the idea that he was poor, so much so that he dropped out of college after two weeks because he despised the measly job he had as a janitor. He always wanted to pursue a wealthy life.
Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are two main characters in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby and Tom are similar in many ways but Gatsby is a better character because he cares for people and their feelings. Throughout the novel you can see how alike these two are and What is the difference between Gatsby and Tom Bouchernon. Tom and Gatsby have many things in common, one being their love for Daisy. Tom and Gatsby both showed their love for Daisy in different ways.
In The Great Gatsby, buy F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is irrevocably in love with Daisy Buchanan. When he met her before he left for the war, he wanted nothing more than to stay and be with her and make a life for them. But Daisy's flawed mind made her unable to choose between Gatsby and Tom. Daisy should've picked Gatsby, because everything he did, was for her, to make her happy. His love and loyalty towards her is everlasting.
Nick, Tom, and Gatsby are all very similar but also very different. All three of these characters are main, important characters in “The Great Gatsby”. Each of these characters share some type of relationship with Daisy Buchana. Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby share a love for Daisy Buchanan while Nick Carraway is Daisy’s cousin. All of these characters live in the wealthy part of New York CIty, and share relationships and experiences in this book.
Tom Buchanan is an arrogant, controlling man, who does what he wants not considering about how his actions influence those around him. Tom is also the earliest person to use physical violence in the book, striking Myrtle in a fit of rage when she would not stop shouting Daisy 's name. "Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing, in impassioned voices, whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy 's name. "Daisy! Daisy!
In Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, there are two characters by the names of Tom Buchanan and George Wilson. Throughout the book, these two particular characters seem to be very different from each other in nearly every way. However, it becomes clear as the story continues that they share some ideas and attitudes in common. Specifically, Tom and George were noteworthy in the way they felt about women, the methods by which they conveyed violence, and how they responded to their wives cheating on them.