The Great Gatsby - Comparison of Gatsby and Tom Buchanan
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, a wonderful novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about a man by the

name of Jay Gatsby, and Jay’s dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire

happiness. To get to this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream.

In the past, Jay had a love affair with the affluent Daisy, knowing he could not marry her

because he was poor at the time he left her and went to fight in the war. But once he had

became rich five years later, he hunted her down and moved close to her, and her new

husband Tom Buchanan.

Overall, Tom Buchanan and Mr. Gatsby are completely two different types of men,

in my opinion. Although there are limited examples of how they are similar. Both of the

men had a fondness for Nick Carraway, cousin to Daisy and neighbor to Gatsby. ‘ “ This

is just a friend…” ‘ (page 71.) Gatsby explains to Meyer Wolfsheim about......

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Title: Gatsby
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