In the novel, The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Buchanan is one of the essential

characters. Tom is presently married to Daisy, who is Nick Caraway’s cousin, the narrator of the novel.

despite the beauty of Daisy and their loving marriage, Tom continues to be unfaithful and undergoes

many affairs; his current mistress is Myrtle Wilson, the wife of a George Wilson a minor

associate of Tom. In general, Mr.Buchanan is a controlling, arrogant, and disloyal individual despite

growing up in an upper class family.

Tom’s brash nature causes him to demand a lot from other people. He has a tendency to order and

command his peers to do what pleases him. On pg.27, Tom tells Nick: “We’re getting off here, I want you

to meet my girl”. Tom told Nick to come to New York with him, and because Nick is conservative he

followed along. The line before the

Tom’s character and personality is easily noticeable. He constantly orders people around to his

and Daisy about a book named The Rise of the Colored Empires. “ The idea is if we don’t look out the

that he is still not satisfied with his mistress so he goes and talks with friends. He is even disloyal to his

arrogant attitude causes him to insult and become pushy to others.

In addition to being arrogant and commanding, Tom is also very disloyal. As stated in the

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