Gatsby
...novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about a man by the
name of Jay Gatsby, and Jay’s dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire
happiness. To get to this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream.
In the past, Jay had a love affair with the affluent Daisy, knowing he could not marry her
because he was poor at the time he left her and went to fight in the war. But once he had
became rich five years later, he hunted her down and moved close to her, and her new
husband Tom Buchanan.
Overall, Tom Buchanan and Mr. Gatsby are completely two different types of men,
in my opinion. Although there are limited examples of how they are similar. Both of the
men had a fondness for Nick Carraway, cousin to Daisy and neighbor to Gatsby. ‘ “ This
is just a friend…” ‘ (page 71.) Gatsby explains to Meyer Wolfsheim about young Nick
Carraway. ‘ “ When I said you were a particular friend of Tom’s, he started to abandon
the whole idea. “ ‘ (page 80.) Jordan Baker told Nick about her conversation with Mr.
Gatsby one evening. Gatsby loved Daisy so much more than Tom had, but Tom still
confessed his love for Daisy. ‘ “ And whats more, I love Daisy too. “ ‘ (page 132.) Tom
tried to defend himself as Gatsby accused him of not treating his wife right, and stating
that Daisy had never loved Tom. ‘ “…Well, there I was, ‘way of my ambitions, getting
deeper in love every minute, and all of a sudden I didn’t care. “ ‘ (page 150.) Tom tried
to explain to Nick of his love for Daisy. Also, one more similarity between Tom and Mr.
Gatsby, is the fact that they both had won over Daisy’s love. Daisy had loved them both.
‘ “ I did love him once - but I loved you too.” ‘ (page 133.) As Daisy had to explain her
love for her husband Tom, and her love for Mr. Gatsby, in front of Nick, Jordan, Tom,
and Gatsby....
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