Characterization of Tom in “The Great Gatsby” Essay

In the first three chapters of The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald, he characterized turkey cock Buchanan as violently strong-growing in order to show the kind of reality that had turned out from the Ivy unify naturalise and have contributed to two different social classes. For example, in the first chapter of the book, Nick introduces us couple of characters as well as Tom Buchanan and he says the by-line Now he was a sturdy straw-haired creation of thirty with a rather hard babble out and a supercilious manner. Two shining imperious eyes had established dominance over his position and gave him the appearance of of all time leaning aggressively in the lead (pg.7). We are told that Tom has a hard mouth and arrogant eyes.He is said to be always leaning forward aggressively, making up for the emasculate clothes hes wearing at the time and very muscular with a vicious body. Nick describes Tom looking aggressive erect by his looks without both further detail of how he acted aggressively. As a graduate from a esteemed school, Tom would be expected to be much characterized as a good, pleasant character when describing an enlightened man, however Tom was the opposite and Fitzgerald does this to show that the typical of a man does not depend on the school they had attended and graduated from. Furthermore, in chapter 2 it is proven that Tom is violent Sometime toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face, discussing in impassi onenessd voices weather Mrs.Wilson had any right to mention Daisys prepareIll say it whenever I want to Daisy Dai- Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her prize with his open hand (pg.37). At their little convocation party, Tom there breaks his lover, myrtles, nose just because Myrtle had not stopped chanting Daisys name even if she had been warned by Tom before. Tom expresses his belligerence when he becomes violent when Myrtle does not stop. Fitzgerald is exhibit that not all man graduat ing from Ivy League school such as (Yale, Oxford, and Princeton) are all well-mannered, with a good characteristic as one would think.