... vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes that white civilization is going to pieces and will be utterly submerged by the other races. The Rise of the Colored Empires has reinforced his perception that his race is more civilized. This book has made Tom believe that it is all scientific and true. He does not realize that he is ... vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes that white civilization is going to pieces and will be utterly submerged by the other races. The Rise of the Coloured Empires has reinforced his perception that his race is more c...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School