Motif Essay
One theme used in this novel was wealth. The characters were very judgmental and did not care about what others thought. A motif that was used was that the characters were very hypocritical. Tom hated how bootleggers weren’t being found out yet tom drank all the time. Daisy also said that she could never have loved tom yet she did. Tom also was against women going and cheating yet tom was cheating on daisy.
Tom is often seen with alcohol or he is drinking it. Nick is with Gatsby at a secret bar “as the waiter brought my change I caught sight of Tom Buchanan across the room” (Fitzgerald 73). This shows that Tom is always talking about how bootleggers should go jail yet he drink alcohol every day. This connects to the theme because
One theme used in this novel was wealth. The characters were very judgmental and did not care about what others thought. A motif that was used was that the characters were very hypocritical. Tom hated how bootleggers weren’t being found out yet tom drank all the time. Daisy also said that she could never have loved tom yet she did. Tom also was against women going and cheating yet tom was cheating on daisy.
Tom is often seen with alcohol or he is drinking it. Nick is with Gatsby at a secret bar “as the waiter brought my change I caught sight of Tom Buchanan across the room” (Fitzgerald 73). This shows that Tom is always talking about how bootleggers should go jail yet he drink alcohol every day. This connects to the theme because