The Great Gatsby Arrogance Analysis

The Life of an Arrogant Man The Great Gatsby is a novel full of symbols and different depictions based off Fitzgerald's imagination. Nick Carraway is the novel’s narrator. Throughout the novel he describes Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, and Jordan as looked highly upon. But it is only because of their arrogance. They are not the only ones because F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the arrogance in characters personalities throughout The Great Gatsby by using tools such as conflict, characterization, and symbolism. Nick comes to Daisy and Tom’s house and when he meets Tom he sees the Conflict that Fitzgerald illustrates. Tom Buchanan is married to Daisy, cousin of Nick. In his first visit with Tom and Daisy, Nick senses Tom’s arrogance. Nick sees that Tom uses his money as a sense of authority to dictate over people and make everyone around him in a lower class than his standard. He says to …show more content…
Tom’s relationship with Myrtle was very different then Daisy’s relationship with Myrtle. Myrtle, was Tom’s mistress and he did care for her, or so people thought. Tom attempts to convey that he is a big shot, power house. When Nick is in Tom and Myrtle’s apartment Myrtle comes out yelling “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!” (Fitzgerald 37). Tom “making a deft movement,...broke her nose with his open hand.” (Fitzgerald 37). Tom is irritated at Myrtle because she thinks she can take Daisy’s spot. By breaking her nose, Tom lets Myrtle know that a jump in social classes is unattainable. Earlier in the novel after meeting Tom, Jordan Baker is introduced. Jordan’s physique is described as a tall, slender beautiful young woman., but her personality is higher even than her. Nick describes meeting Jordan as “At any rate...something of fright” (Fitzgerald 9) and illustrates that she sees herself high and mighty, she acts better than the world and looks down upon everything not worthy to