Essay On The Color Red In The Great Gatsby

Many people change social classes during life, some people come into a lot of money and wealth, others lose all of it. The belief that money separates people was created by greed, greed has made people believe that if you are poor then you are scummy and a lesser person. Tom Buchanan, from The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of this. He inherited all of his money and didn't work for it, and even though he didn't earn it, he still looked down on less wealthy people who are much harder working that he ever was. Tom is one of the most wealthy people in the country and has done nothing but be fortunate in who his parents were, he looks down on people with less money than him even though he has no right to do so because they have had to work for what they have.
Tom Buchanan lives a lavish lifestyle of inherited fortune, he was a star Football player at Yale and convinced Daisy to marry him with an extremely expensive necklace. He is unfaithful to Daisy with a woman named Myrtle but he still loves Daisy and always goes back to her. Tom is friends with a man named Nick Carraway, Nick has just moved to New York wil …show more content…
The color red suggests a position of power and intense emotion. When first arriving at Tom's house Nick says “their house was even more elaborate than i expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay”. (Fitzgerald 9) Tom is very wealthy, even though it is all inherited it still puts him in a position of power in the world. Tom is an emotional person most commonly seen as a short temper, when his mistress Myrtle was talking about Daisy, Tom became upset and told Myrtle not to mention Daisy. Myrtle then mocking tom saying her name over and over until a furious Tom hit her on the face. "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