Tom Buchanan is a Chicago native who has inherited immense wealth. He had been a notable football player at Yale and in his early thirties, is active on the polo circuit and a resident of East Egg. He is, and has been, unfaithful to his wife, Daisy, and pays little attention to his young daughter.
Tom is described by Nick as a "sturdy straw-haired man" who is arrogant, condescending, and physically and psychologically overbearing with whomever enters his orbit. Tom is a hypocrite; he is upset at the thought of his wife's infidelity though he is a serial philanderer himself.
Tom claims to be offended by Gatsby's criminality, but he flouts Prohibition by openly drinking, and he allows the police and George Wilson to believe it is Gatsby who has killed Myrtle Wilson when he knows it is not true.
What seems to be most important to Tom Buchanan is winning: he sees Gatsby's affair with his wife as a competition that he will do anything to win.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Describe Tom in The Great Gatsby
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