... a lot about what kind of person they are. Both Nick and Tom have characteristics that are quite the opposite. In showing the differing characteristics of Nick and Tom, Fitzgerald portrays the themes of morality and reality versus illusion. In The Great Gatsby, there are three illicit relationships: Gatsby and Daisy, Nick and Jordan, and Tom and Myrtle. In some ways they are similar, and in ... more pleasing response then the only possible alternative. That is, to support Tom Buchanan, a man who only has a shallow nature and a sense of superficiality after achieving a dream so far twisted...

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