More Money More Problems

Literary Analysis More M onenessy, More Problems The Great Gatsby was scripted by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In this story, there are a lot of twists and turns with several(prenominal) characters. Two characters that stand out the most are tom turkey Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. scour though they are a resembling in somewhat ways, in differents they were totally different. The main areas that showed their greatest differences were the way that they obtained their wealth, their relationships with Daisy, and the way they treated cut. heretofore though Tom was married to Daisy, Jay Gatsby was not willing to give up on his true love Daisy.First of all, withal though they both were wealthy, Tom in truth came from wealth as stated His family was enormously wealthy (6). He enjoyed viewing off his wealth off in order to make others flavor bad and make himself feel important. An example of this would be when Tom told Mr. Wilson No, he doesnt, said Tom coldly. And if you feel that way about it, maybe Id better sell it somewhere else after all. Gatsby on the other hand, earned his wealth starting young and working for it. He bought a house across the bay from Daisy just to be virtually to her.While he also showed off his wealth by having lavish parties, he did it only to be seen and impress his true love, Daisy. This is proven by to Jordans statement, I think he half expected her to wonder into one of his parties some night (79). Another way that they were different was the relationship they had with Daisy. Even though Tom was her husband, he cheated on her several times and caused her shame. whiz occasion he had an affair with Myrtle Wilson, when he said I want to see you. Get on the next train (26).The other occasion was when, The girl who was with him got into the papers, too, because her arm was broken-she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel (77). This shows that he had short no respect for her. He also treated her more like property. On the other hand, Gatsby rebuilt his life in hopes to see Daisy and have a life with her. Gatsby told her several times that he loved her and waited five years. He was also very careful about respecting her and her marriage as testify when trying to arrange a meeting with Daisy.He did not want to do anything out of the way (79) in order to avoid putting her in an awkward position. Finally, the way that Tom treated chip off was demeaning and just about servant like. Tom put Nick in the middle of his illicit affair without any warning or thought. When the trio travelled to rising York, Nick was about to go about his business but Tom told him, No, you dontMyrtlell be hurt if you dont come up to the apartment (28). He had absolutely no watch for Nicks feelings despite him being related to his wife.He had little imply for his feelings and demanded his presence. Gatsby, however, took the time to actually befriend Nick and was never disrespectful even when arranging to meet Daisy. He had such an effect on him that Nick remained his friend until the very end. The ways that Tom and Gatsby they obtained their wealth, their relationships with Daisy, and the way they treated Nick were some of the major differences between the two. While they were alike on some levels, they were morally different.