... knowlege, and considers himself to be an intellectual. he is obsessed with books: "I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you ever read 'The Rise of the Colored Empires'? It's a fine book and everyone ought to read it. it's scientific stuff, it's all been proven." Tom's "scientific" book claims that the colored races will submerge the white race eventually ... . Tom is obsessed with an inevitable downfall of society. He is very insecure and his attempts at intellectualism are rather fumbled. Also, Tom is a complete hypocrite; he condemns the affair between Daisy and Ga...

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• Grade Level: High School