Review Of Gatsby Essay, Research Paper

Essay #2-Gatsby Test

The novel, The Great Gatsby, has many characters in it. Four prominent characters

are Tom Buchanan, George Wilson, Daisy Buchanan, and Myrtle Wilson. These four

characters have some similarities, but in reality they are very different people.

Tom Buchanan and George Wilson have very little in common. The first similarity

is that they are the only two people in the novel to use violence. Tom strikes Myrtle and

George shoots Gatsby. The other similarity is that they both “love” Myrtle Wilson. Tom

cheats on his wife Daisy with Myrtle, which brings about a difference between the two

men. George is faithful to his wife, while Tom does not seem to really care about Daisy or

even Myrtle for that matter. George shows respect to people while Tom shows no respect,

or care for anyone. This lack of respect is probably due to their opposite positions in life.

Tom is an arrogant rich man, while George is a humble merchant.

The comparison and contrast for the women is much more complicated then the

men. They were similar because they were both fake. Myrtle pretended to be rich, and

Daisy pretended to care about people. This quote shows Daisy’s false care, “I’m

p-paralyzed with happiness.” In Myrtle’s mind the two women are very much similar.

When Tom and Myrtle go out, Myrtle acted out her dreams of being rich. She buys

useless things with Tom’s money. However this was not reality. In fact Daisy was

everything Myrtle wanted to be, and everything she was not. Daisy really lived a luxurious

life. She really had no cares or concerns. Myrtle tried to be just like Daisy, but she never

really could because the life she lead was fake.

These people were totally different in almost every way. George was happy this

way, and had no problem with his life. Unfortunately Myrtle was not content. She strived

to be something she was not(Daisy). Daisy didn’t try to do anything, she didn’t care about

anything because she was rich. Tom Buchanan was rich, and he felt indestructible because

of this. He had no real compassion for anyone. Tom Buchanan, George Wilson, Daisy

Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson have some minor similarities, but for the most part are very

different.

Bibliography

The Great Gatsby