Analysis Of Tom Buchanan In The Great Gatsby

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During, the novel you will see many actions in were a character was found to be doing something evil or immoral. This does not always mean the character is bad as a whole or we may see reasoning behind their actions for why we feel bad for them, but some characters we take it too far for. These characters do not face any issues during almost the whole novel even though they do so many things wrong they just get away with it. Tom Buchanan fits this description almost perfectly, he is found to be doing something wrong the whole novel, but everyone is more focused on Daisy, his wife, for what she is doing. They are oblivious to the fact that Tom is also cheating on his wife, but no one seems to care what he is doing. Tom is found to be with …show more content…

Although Tom gets mad even though he was already cheating and because no one said anything to him, he did not have any consequences for his actions right away. I say right away because Tom will eventually have what is coming for him, or close to him. The women Tom is cheating on with Daisy with is killed, due to being hit by a car. The person that hit her will surprise you, or possibly not, Daisy. Daisy hit Myrtle with a car due to jealousy and killed her. Some people claim it was an accident, but this “accident” was a huge …show more content…

After she is hit, and after Gatsby has found out what has happened, he wants to take the blame for what she did. His love for Daisy is so impactful he is willing to take all the blame for Daisy. During all of this we all know what has just happened to Tom, and most could say he had what was coming, but realistically he was fine. Although, the irony is great seems how Daisy was not even fully aware of where Myrtle stood in Tom’s life. Tom is not the most respected person, as Gatsby says he is only respected for his money. He is involved in a lot of stupid things, he is always drinking, and smoking. He never seems to face consequences for how he acts and always gets away with it because he is rich. During the novel Tom never faces any real act of punishment towards him specifically, just towards the others he cares/cared for which for some it could be considered some act of punishment. Tom never really shows his emotions much during the novel though, he does not want to break his

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