In the play Fences by August Wilson and the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the theme of betrayal pervades the narrative that showcases characters who embody a sense of disloyalty. Tom Buchanan and Troy Maxson share a similarity in their actions, as they both betray those closest to them. This is important because disloyalty can tear a family apart for generations without the ability to reconnect, and it shows the true light of these characters and creates a personality you can never erase. Tom and Troy both go against their loved ones, which eventually leads to the tearing down of their families as well as relationships. In The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan's action caused non-fixable damage to his family and friendships, in his disregard for his wife …show more content…
This moment marks a significant turning point in the play, highlighting the devastating consequences of Troy's actions on his family and the profound loss of trust and intimacy within their relationship. Both Tom and Troy's actions illuminate the destructive power of betrayal, setting the stage for further exploration of their characters' moral complexities. Troy Maxson's and Tom Buchanan's actions serve as revealing reflections of their true nature, values, and personalities, shedding light on the depths of their moral complexities and the profound impact of their choices on themselves and those around them. In "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Buchanan's character is introduced through Nick Carraway's observations, “It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that. Why they came East, I don't know. They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together." (Fitzgerald 8) This quote shows Tom Buchanan's wealth and
Scott Fitzgerald represent the american dream in the great Gatsby is Tom and daisy buchanan.daisy used to love Gatsby before she met Tom,but Gatsby was too por to get married.daisy married Tom buchanan just for his prestige in the upper class and his wealthy “I know you didn’t mean to, but you did do it. That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great, big, hulking physical specimen of a ——”(F. Scott Fitzgerald, page 12).diasy nkow that Tom is cheating on her but she is not willing to leave him because of their prestige “Daisy cannot break away from Tom, particularly after she learns that Gatsby’s wealth comes from racketeering”(Burnam).Tom and Daisy are the one represented for Gatsby death and myrtle,and messing everyone live up.but the simply just move out and forget about everyone else.”I couldn 't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made (Page 179).Tom money shield him from being in any danger.he didn 't have to work for it he just inherited from his family when they
Individuals read books and plays in order to relate life to the characters. In both works of literature, The Great Gatsby by: F.Scott Fitzgerald and Fences by: August Wilson different characters show that they wanted to achieve better goals for their future. In The Great Gatsby the characters allows emotions of love to drive them. In both works the characters struggle with in their lives. The character’s demonstrate their limits within their everyday lives. The characters lead very different lives within the stories. Although some may say that one’s motivation does not differ based on Daisy and Troy’s gender. Motivation actually comes from what one proposes to do or by someone by the gender.
Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby tells the story of wealthy Jay Gatsby and the love of his life Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby dream was to secure Daisy just as things were before he left to the war. His impression was that Daisy will come to him if he appears to be rich and famous. Gatsby quest was to have fortune just so he could appeal more to Daisy and her social class.But Gatsby's character isn't true to the wealth it is a front because the money isn't real. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the rumors surrounding Jay Gatsby to develop the real character he is. Jay Gatsby was a poor child in his youth but he soon became extremely wealthy after he dropped out of college and became a successful man and create a new life for himself through the organized crime of Meyer
Although a dishonest act may hail from a modest intention, longer fictions will eventually lead to assemblies of lies until the initial motive largely overshadows the original flaw. Conversely, Nick Carraway, the composed narrator of The Great Gatsby, confidently states that he is the most honest person he knows, a result of being surrounded by unbounded toxic characters. For instance, Nick 's immensely wealthy cousin-in-law, Tom Buchanan, is a hypocritical, narcissistic businessman who 's involved in an affair with a presently married younger woman. Furthermore, Jordan Baker, a major interest of Nick’s, is a negligent, manipulative golf champion who 's unconditionally careless for the lives of others. Tom 's judgmental manner, Jordan 's cynical
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Gatsby realizes that life of the high class demands wealth to become priority; wealth becomes his superficial goal overshadowing his quest for love. He establishes his necessity to acquire wealth, which allows him to be with Daisy. The social elite of Gatsby's time sacrifice morality in order to attain wealth. Tom Buchanan, a man from an "enormously wealthy" family, seems to Nick to have lost all sense of being kind (Fitzgerald 10). Nick describes Tom's physical attributes as a metaphor for his true character when remarking that Tom had a "hard mouth and a supercilious manner...arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face...always leaning aggressively forward...a cruel body...[h]is speaking voice...added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed" (Fitzgerald 11). The wealth Tom has inherited causes him to become arrogant and condescending to others, while losing his morals. Rather than becoming immoral from wealth as Tom has, Gatsby engages in criminal activity as his only path to being rich. His need for money had become so great that he "was in the drug business" (Fitzgerald 95). Furthermore, he lies to Nick about his past in order to cover up his criminal activity. Gatsby claims to others that he has inherited his wealth, but Nick discovers "[h]is parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people" (Fitzgerald 104). Gatsby enters a world where money takes precedence over moral integrity. Materialism has already overshadowed a portion of his spiritual side. A quest for true love is doomed for failure in the presence of immorality. Once wealth has taken priority over integrity, members of the high social class focus on immediate indulgences, rather than on long-term pleasures of life such as love.
In the 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the nature of man, and that, though characters may live complete opposite lives and be from different upbringings, even the most contrasting of people can have similarities. In the novel, the readers are introduced to two characters named Tom Buchanan and George Wilson. Tom Buchanan is introduced as an arrogant, wealthy east egg man who has never had to work for his money. George Wilson is introduced as a poor man, living in the Valley of Ashes, who owns an auto shop as a living. Although these men are in different social classes, if you were to strip these men of their wealth, they would have more similarities than differences. Fitzgerald shows through his writing that the nature of man is aggressive, contentious, and cowardly.
Tom did not prove to be much of a hurdle, as Gatsby was able to reconnect with Daisy with the help of Nick Carraway the narrator, and Jordan Baker, Daisy’s friend. The story of Daisy and Gatsby did not end as a happily ever after, as Gatsby ends up dead after he takes the blame for a crime Daisy committed. F. Scott Fitzgerald's theme of social responsibility in this novel is that one should not interfere in another’s marital life, and also when in a marriage, both spouses must respect their wedding vows by not cheating on each other. Fitzgerald uses the literary devices of characterization and irony help illustrate the theme of social responsibility in the novel.In The Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald utilizes the literary device of characterization to really stress the lack of social responsibility that the characters have. Tom Buchanan is a person that is lost when it comes to the concept of social responsibility as he engages in infidelity. He is having an affair with another woman while married to Daisy. This information is revealed to the audience in the first chapter when Jordan Baker is talking to Nick Carraway the
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is his statement of lifestyle in America in the 20’s. The author develops unlikable characters like Tom Buchanan an Old Money racist and Daisy a vapid spoilt individual to show the greediness and wealth in the 20’s. Overall, the worst character in this novel is Daisy Buchanan because she is careless, insensitive, and disloyal.
There are many different types of people in this world. Apart from physical features, it is the characteristics of a person that makes him/her original. Nick Carraway the narrator of The Great Gatsby, has qualities which are the complete opposite of those of Tom Buchanan, his cousin-in-law. In the novel, the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, uses the comparison between two cousins to show how their differing characteristics reflects the themes of morality and reality versus illusion.
During Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, it is apparent to be an absurd time for the wealthy. The shallowness of money, riches, and a place in a higher social class were probably the most important components in most lives at that period of time. This is expressed clearly by Fitzgerald, especially through his characters, which include Myrtle Wilson, Tom and Daisy Buchanan, and of course, Jay Gatsby. This novel was obviously written to criticize and condemn the ethics of the rich.
This is something that is evident particularly on page 66 in the novel when Gatsby tells his story to Nick Carraway, the novel's narrator, and Nick describes Gatsby's phrases as so threadbare they lack credibility. No matter how much money Gatsby makes, he is never going to be good enough for either Daisy or the other characters. Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are the three main male characters. These men hang out a lot in the novel, even though they are not from the same social class. Tom Buchanan comes from a socially solid old family and is very wealthy.
Throughout Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, there is a broad spectrum of moral and social views demonstrated by various characters. At one end, is Tom, a man who attacks Gatsby's sense of propriety and legitimacy, while thinking nothing of running roughshod over the lives of those around him. A direct opposite of Tom's nature is Gatsby, who displays great generosity and caring, yet will stop at nothing to achieve his dream of running off with Daisy. The moral and emotional characteristics of Gastby and Tom are juxtaposed, Tom, the immoral character and Gastby, the moral character while the other characters' moral and emotional developments appear between these two.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), is about many things that have to do with American life in the "Roaring Twenties," things such as the abuse of alcohol and the pursuit of other pleasures, including that elusive entity, the "American dream." Mainly it is the story of Jay Gatsby, told by Gatsby's friend and neighbor, Nick Carraway, a bonds salesman in New York. Three other important characters are Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, and Myrtle Wilson. Nick is distantly related to Daisy, whose wealthy husband, Tom, went to college with Nick. Myrtle is married to a mechanic but is sleeping with Tom. Fitzgerald's novel seems to affirm the Biblical adage that the love of money is the root of all evil, for his characters value money inordinately. And this attitude is a central moral concern of the novel. Fitzgerald's characters erroneously believe money can buy them love, friends, and happiness.
In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses tone, diction, syntax and imagery to voice Nick's perception of the world around him. In this passage his use of language is used repetitively to convey Jordan Baker, Daisy and Tom Buchanan's lives. On the outside it may look like they all are living a perfect and ideal life, however Fitzgerald's illuminating use of language highlights how far from perfect their lives truly are.