what does gatsby think of tom?
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The men cannot stand each other, and Tom has been suspicious of Gatsby since the first time they met. When Jay Gatsby tells Tom that his wife doesn't love him, Tom insists that Gatsby is crazy. Gatsby continues to elaborate on why he could not be with Daisy but believes that she has loved him for the past five years.
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Gulliver is an unreliable narrator. The satire frequently depends on our being able to see that to which he is blind.
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Henry Gatz is proud of his son and saves a picture of his house. He also fills Nick in on Gatsby's early life, showing him a book in which a young Gatsby had written a schedule for self-improvement. ... He says that Gatsby deserved to die.
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In the novel The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is a tragic hero because he displays the fundamental characteristics of modern tragic hero. He is a common man, he contains the characteristics of a tragic flaw, and he eventually has a tragic fall.
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Atticus defends Tom because he believes in setting an example for Scout, Jem, and others. ... He wants Scout to do that as well, even if people say bad things about Atticus for defending Tom. Atticus thinks it is very important to live in a way that shows Scout how to live by the Golden Rule.
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In reality, however, Daisy falls far short of Gatsby's ideals. She is beautiful and charming, but also fickle, shallow, bored, and sardonic. Nick characterizes her as a careless person who smashes things up and then retreats behind her money.
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The primary conflict of Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby concerns Jay Gatsby's struggle to rekindle a relationship with Daisy and win her heart. Gatsby is the protagonist of the story and Tom Buchanan is the antagonist; he is married to Daisy and portrayed as an arrogant, hostile man.
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In addition, a rumor going around about Gatsby is that he killed a man. Furthermore, rumors exist that he was a spy for the Germans and also that he was a soldier in the U.S. army. Rumors also exist because one woman doesn't believe that Gatsby went to Oxford, even though he told her that he did.
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Was Gatsby “great”? Yes, he was! Anyway he was an extraordinary personality even if it was a wrong way to became rich being engaged in the criminal activities. It takes a lot of efforts either you're making big money in a honest way or by criminal business.
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Gatsby and Tom are both compelled by the desire for pleasure, cynicism and greed. Gatsby emerges more as a tragic hero driven by his love for Daisy. Tom, on the other hand, is more of a villain and brute despite, or perhaps because of, his education and upbringing.
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At the same time, Wilson was coming to terms with his wife's own love affair with someone else. Wilson is also like Gatsby. Both men love women who love Tom Buchanan. As a result, both of their lives start to fall apart.
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Three of the main characters, Tom and Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, tell a string of lies that conceal their identity. Tom lies about having an affair with Myrtle Wilson, Gatsby lies about how he became the man that he is, and all three of them lie about who really killed Myrtle Wilson.
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Gatsby and Tom are alike in that they are both strong personalities. They both like to be in charge. They both pursue what they want, and they both expect to win. They both want to possess Daisy.
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What is the true relationship between Daisy and Tom? They are birds of a feather. Daisy is a fairly weak person and tom is very domineering but they are both "careless" people. Neither one takes responsbility for his own actions.
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The meeting between Nick and Jordan in Chapter 4 is part of a longer-term plan that Gatsby initiated before Daisy moved to East Egg. According to Jordan, Gatsby has kept tabs on Daisy for years and followed her when she and Tom moved from Chicago to the east coast.
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In both book and movie, Gatsby is waiting for a phone call from Daisy, but in the film, Nick calls, and Gatsby gets out of the pool when he hears the phone ring. ... This is the same man who famously points out that Gatsby has real books, but hasn't cut the pages.
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What does Hamlet think of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? He does not trust them. He thinks they're too weak to see that the king is using them. They are like a sponge-try to soak up all the information they can and the king rings it out of them.