Tom Buchanan Women Quotes

Tom is shown through multiple examples to act cruel towards those he loves or cares about. In his relationship with Myrtle, Tom Buchanan hits and breaks her nose. This is a prime example of Tom acting cruel towards someone he loves or cares about. “ I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy Dais-. Making a short deft movement, Tom buchanan broke her nose with his open hand” (Fitzgerald, 37). The fact that he would hit her is cruel enough, but Tom breaks Myrtle's nose solely for saying something he didn't like. Tom acts cruel towards the ones he loves in more ways than physical. After a long marriage of pain, Daisies true opinion of Tom is shown. “ And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in awhile I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time. "You're revolting," said Daisy” (Fitzgerald, ). This shows that Tom has been cruel to Daisy physically and mentally throughout their marriage, but continues to argue with excuses that he really loves her. Tom tries to say that he loves her even though he cheats and mistreats her. Toms behavior shows him to be cruel to those he loves because he cheats, disrespects, and physically abuses them in some

Daisy sees this as does almost the exact same thing, only with Gatsby. By expressing this carelessness for each other, one can only begin to imagine the carelessness they have for other human beings. Tom treats Myrtle even worse than he treats Daisy, but Myrtle doesn’t seem to care, because she is mainly interested in his money. Tom doesn’t seem to worry about anyone but himself. In his own spite he ruins his life, as well as Daisy’s, Gatsby’s, and Myrtle’s. Daisy shows her carelessness during the time where Jordan, Tom, Daisy, Nick and Gatsby go to town. Her and Gatsby act like they are in love and make Tom incredibly jealous even though he is having his own affair. Tom accuses Gatsby of trying to start trouble in the Buchanan house, and they begin to fight. Daisy yells at Tom and tells him that she no longer loves him and is in love with Gatsby. Tom proceeds to tell everyone how Gatsby came across his money, and once Daisy finds out it was by illegal gambling and crime, she seems much less interested in him. Daisy appears to be more interested on what is on the outside of people, rather than the inside.

Tom, who cheats on daisy repeatedly, ushers Nick and himself to the valley of ashes where the two of them meet up with Tom’s mistress Myrtle Wilson. A woman who is bitter to her husband and sneaks around with men, Myrtle, along with Tom and Nick travel to a lavish apartment where they all, including other guests, get stupidly drunk and wildly celebrate. During the gathering Myrtle engages in an argument with Tom, regarding whether or not she has any right to mention Daisy’s name. In the heat of the argument Myrtle bursts out ‘“Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!’ shouted Mrs. Wilson. ‘I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai ——’ Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand” (Fitzgerald 37). Myrtle who was in argument with an intoxicated Tom, attempted to confront him about a problem she had with him. The resulting punch proved that Tom was more dominant than Myrtle. Tom in order to win his argument, had to suppress Myrtle, and his cowardly decision made him feel like he was superior. Just like Myrtle, in the 1920’s women’s voices were muffled by the fists of men in order for them to feel dominant as alcohol was symbolic with violence during this time period and was used as an excuse to be belligerent towards women.

Tom physically hits Myrtle and in him doing so, we see that he has anger issues and not much self-control. Tom uses his reputation and his standing in society to push people around and into doing things the way he wants them done. In this mentality he believes he can have whatever he wants, without there being consequences or problems for others. George on the other hand, is also a violent man, but his temper can be hard to control and he’s basically a ticking bomb. George becomes tired of people treating him like a “lower class”, so eventually he loses control of his of his anger, and has consequences to face for it. George always has to face consequences, while Tom on the other hand is able to just walk away from it.

Women have been consistently marginalized and devalued throughout history. In The Great Gatsby, the characterization of women is limited to how the men in their life utilise them- a trophy wife, prize, and paramour. These women are not allowed to develop independently; their importance is dictated by the men in their life. F. Scott Fitzgerald is not bringing awareness to the inequality of women in the Roaring Twenties, but perpetuating it through the lack of characterization the women undergo.

Finally, both Tom and Daisy show carelessness through being foolish. Tom Buchanan exhibits foolishness by physically harming Daisy. "We all looked. The knuckle was black and blue.

Tom Buchanan is one of the many colourful, intriguing and enigmatic characters of the masterpiece “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He is the antagonist of the novel and rightly so. He is racist, a hypocrite, an immoral cheater, a short-tempered brute and misogynistic. Tom is also part of an old and out dated sort of world that is being swamped all-round the edges by a new and better society. That is the reason why he is acting so tough and also why he hates Jay Gatsby so much, it is because he is afraid, afraid that the world that he knows and all the old-fashioned values of love, wealth and masculinity will come crashing down on him. He dislikes Gatsby because he is part of the new generation and he got rich by a different way

Throughout The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, we learn about Tom Buchanan’s life and his outlook on the way he views others. Fitzgerald introduces Tom Buchanan as an overbearing man but later on disillusioned by the loss of control of his multiple relationships. Even after the realization of the loss of control, his mindset on love and marriage remains unaffected.

Scott Fitzgerald helps characterize how violent relationships were during the 1920s. In most cases, the men would beat the women senseless for no particular reason. One major cause of this violence was prohibition. Men that could afford alcohol abused their power, to the extents to where it became an addiction. This had major effects on families in this time period. The men were so aggressive that they were just a ticking time bomb to their family, waiting for the day that they explode into a rage where they cannot stop. In the time period men had so much control over women because they were so much larger and women had no choice, but to obey their husbands. When “Tom Buchanan broke [myrtle’s] nose with an open hand,” (Fitzgerald 37), helps support and portray how women were treated during this time period on The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald was able to show the reader how aggressive men were, and how they were not afraid to hurt someone they love. This act of violence conveys/ demonstrates how the men thought it was acceptable to beat on someone that is not capable of fighting back. This was an accurate assumption during this time period because studies showed that “ women's rights activists [claim] the problem was the dependent status of women and children and men's assumptions of superiority,” ( Gregory 2120). This adds on to the problem due the women's lack of communication with others about their

The nineteen twenties was a time of lavish parties, the stock market was on the rise and women such as flappers were gaining independence. Despite this, men at the time were still seen as superior and their brutish, abusive, and cheating was considered the norm. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan and George Wilson are more similar than different, despite the money that determines their fate. This story reveals how Tom and George both have similar attitudes towards women and both are being cuckolded, the only thing that differentiates the two is money and power.

Myrtle Wilson is the second major character in The Great Gatsby. She is about 30 years old and is “faintly stout but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some woman can” (The Great Gatsby: Character). Myrtle is married to George Wilson, also a mistress to Tom Buchanan. She is not happy with her marriage nor her lifestyle. Myrtle is part of the lower class of society making her poor. With them being poor they end up living in their car garage. George seemed like a gentleman and that is why Myrtle married him, but turns out that he wasn’t. Tom is part the upper class of society which attracts Myrtle to him. They spend a lot of time in the city together. She has an excuse to tell George that she is visiting her sister. George is getting a suspicion that Myrtle is up to no good, and locks her up in a closet. Myrtle being upset, notices a yellow car thinking it was Tom because she noticed him driving it earlier, she runs to the car to get away from George

Women were not equal to men during the era of the 1920’s. In “The Great Gatsby,” Fitzgerald represents a negative, misogynistic, stereotypical view of the various types of women during the era of the 1920’s. During the that time, women were not portrayed in a positive light., By writing a book centered around that time period, it causes one to wonder the message Fitzgerald was trying to illustrate about women and what he was saying about society as a whole. Fitzgerald represents the view of women within the 20’s by depicting each character as a representation of the many stereotypes occurring within that era. The main characters Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan each display pertinent roles within the story representing how women’s roles were

F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, illustrates most women in his novels in a incredibly negative light. He portrays them as dependent upon men, selfish, and completely amoral. Jay Gatsby is in love with the wealthy Mrs. Daisy Buchannan and tries to win her love by proving that he is wealthy. However, no matter how wealthy he becomes, or how many gigantic parties he throws, he is still never good enough for Daisy. The story ends in tragedy as Gatsby is killed and dies utterly alone. Fitzgerald's characterization of Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan in The Great Gatsby demonstrates women who are objectified by men and treated as their trophies, while also

Tom Buchanan, one of the main characters, is Daisy’s husband. He doesn 't have the best sense of character. He appears self absorbed and conceited. In the book Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, and it gives us an insight into the gender roles of past WW1 America. Throughout the novel, women are portrayed in a very negative light. The author’s presentation of women is unflattering and unsympathetic. The women are not described with depth. When given their description, Fitzgerald appeals to their voice, “ she had a voice full of money”, their looks “her face was lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes, and a bright passionate mouth”, and the way in which they behave, “ ’They’re such beautiful shirts’ she sobbed”, rather than their feelings or emotions, for example, Daisy is incapable of genuine affection, however she is aimlessly flirtatious.