Thursday, May 27, 2010

The Men of Gatsby






There are two types of men in Gatsby, you have the Mr. Tough guy tom, and you also have the ladies man Gatsby. Tom is a muscular man, who doesn’t care what others think of him. He is very intimating and if he asks for something to be done he expects it. He doesn’t treat women, or in this case daisy and myrtle, as they should be treated. He treats them as if they were his dog and he was the owner. Tom cheats on daisy numerous amounts of times knowing that he can get away with it because daisy lets him do such. While myrtle and tom are out in New York in a party myrtle screams out daisy’s name. He slaps her, as if he has anger issues, making he shut up and chill out. Slapping her across the face was like locking your dog up in a cage for digging a whole where it was not suppose to, so that next time they will know the consequences of their actions. Gatsby represents the nice guy that every girl dreams about. He treats a woman how she should be treated and would never in his life cheat on her if they were in a relationship. Gatsby and nick both have very similar personalities but the only difference is, nick knew when something was over he “got the clue.” Gatsby throughout the book is trying to bring back his past relationships with daisy after she had already moved on and married another man tom. Jordan and nick end up breaking things off and when they meet up again in the future nick realizes what they had is over and leaves there relationship status as “just friends.” Gatsby was also the romantic type. He always made sure everything was perfect for daisy. And he always knew if something was wrong. He was a great listener and only spoke when something needed to be said. Unlike tom Gatsby was very respectful and had great morals. They both were wealthy and successful, but Gatsby was more humble about it.

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