the woman he loves. The character Daisy Buchanan‚ one of the main characters in the book‚ really shows the IB Learner Profile ‘communicators’ throughout the story. Another character named Tom Buchanan shows the exact opposite of the profile “caring.” Starting off‚ Daisy shows communicators because she speaks with a lot of the characters throughout the story. Being a communicator means speaking with others in some sort of way to share ideas or thoughts. Many characters communicate throughout the
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In the novel “The Great Gatsby” Tom Buchanan is a man who has it all. He was an all star footballer in high school‚ he is wealthy‚ and is married to a beautiful woman‚ Daisy. Although Tom has all of these nice things‚ he also has some downfalls. Tom was selfish with his women‚ he gets what he wants when he wants it‚ and he is a hypocrite. Tom Buchanan displays a significant amount of arrogance in this novel. First‚ Tom Buchanan loves Daisy‚ that is why he married her‚ but he is also in love with
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Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a story that revolves a great deal on the exercise of power held by people within society. Tom Buchanan‚ one of the main antagonists in the novel‚ is the man who marries Daisy‚ Nick Carraway’s cousin. Having inherited money from his family‚ or “old money” Tom Buchanan resides with Daisy in East Egg‚ where all the other people with inherited wealth live. The narrator already knew him from before as they’d attended Yale together‚ but his immediate
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someone asked you to describe Tom Buchanan from “The Great Gatsby” in one word‚ what word would you use? Arrogant? Cocky? Well‚ the truth of the matter is that you would need a lot more than a word to describe him. He has physically and verbally abused other people and he thinks that he can get away with anything because he is Tom Buchanan. His immoral actions and a lack of character show how unethical and corrupt he is. Tom Buchanan is an unscrupulous and depraved character with a sense of entitlement
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he texts also show that the characters feel the need to discipline their lover when they display behaviors they do not approve of. When someone has discipline over another‚ it gives them the upper hand of power. Tom Buchanan‚ Abigail Williams‚ and Stanley Kowalski feel the need to take the behavior of their partners into their own hands. Tom and Myrtle do not keep their affair confidential to the public‚ the only people they keep the affair a secret from are their spouses. Throughout their affair
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Tom Buchanan is the husband of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tom can be described as an extremely wealthy brute of a man. He is very athletic and successful. Tom is also very selfish‚ and he will do anything to get what he wants. In addition he has absolutely no shame in anything that he does and he thinks very highly of himself. Tom is very judgemental and often forces confrontation. These characteristics can be found in many spoiled and greedy celebrities‚ one
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How does Fitzgerald make Tom Buchanan an unpleasant character? Support your answer by close reference to Fitzgerald’s writing. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald creates a most unpleasant character in the form of Tom Buchanan. Fitzgerald achieves this primarily by consistently showing Buchanan’s unpleasant characteristics to the reader in every situation where we meet him. Buchanan is displayed as a selfish‚ controlling and physically dominant bully who disregards care for anyone‚ including his
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The Purpose of Tom Buchanan in “The Great Gatsby” Tom Buchanan is a football player from Chicago whose family is extremely rich‚ he studied at Yale with Nick‚ and he is the husband of Daisy (Gatsby’s lover). He came to New York‚ and lives in East egg which is the place for the “Old rich”. Tom Buchanan is a very arrogant person with no real moral values‚ and a hypocritical bully. He is incapable of feeling guilty or emotional and he represents racism in this novel. In the novel‚ “The Great Gatsby”
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Gatsby vs. Tom Buchanan Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the characters Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are compared and contrasted quite frequently. Gatsby and Tom are alike in that they are both extremely wealthy and flaunt it‚ both men also are in love with Daisy Buchanan and both Tom and Gatsby have secrets that they are hiding from their loved ones. The two men differ in the way they came into their money‚ the way they treat other people and in the fact that Tom is married
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and Tom Buchanan The book "The Great Gatsby" is beautifully written with the intention of providing the reader a clear view of the wealthy (through the eyes of Nick Carraway) during the Roaring Twenties. Two characters that are very important to the story and eventually end the story are Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. Though they have some similarities‚ their personalities‚ jobs‚ and lovers are very much different in the way they live their lives throughout the story. Both Gatsby and Tom live
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