Imagine you are walking through the woods with your family when you stumble upon a round, ugly, grey rock. You pick it up to show your family how funny it looks when, all of a sudden, you drop it. The rock splits open, revealing a gorgeous, deep purple inside. Some people are like that rock; rugged on the outside, gorgeous on the inside. Tom Buchanan, in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is not one of those people, in fact, he is the complete opposite. Tom was often times described as “red”, violent, and as a cheater.
In literature, it often occurs that colors have a symbolic meaning. In The Great Gatsby, by Scott F. Fitzgerald, colors play a very significant role in understanding the plot of the book. “The vitality and beauty of F. …show more content…
He was quick to anger, and also quick to violence. Tom was abusive towards Daisy, abusive with both his words and with his actions. He often accused her, Daisy, of telling their secrets to other people. For example, when Daisy invited Nick over to dinner Tom became very defensive after he had left her and Nick alone on the Veranda, "Did you give Nick a little heart-to-heart talk on the veranda" (Fitzgerald 19). By accusing Daisy of spilling their secrets he shows that he does not fully trust her with their personal affairs. Daisy denied saying anything to Nick, but Tom still felt compelled to tell Nick to not “believe everything [that he] hear[s]” (Fitzgerald 19). Another time in the story when Tom was quick to anger was when Daisy told him that she had never loved him. At first Tom denied what she was saying, but eventually he exploded, his anger and rage all toward Gatsby. ”"You're crazy!" he exploded. "I can't speak about what happened five years ago, because I didn't know Daisy then—and I'll be damned if I see how you got within a mile of her unless you brought the groceries to the back door. But all the rest of that's a God damned lie. Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me now” (Fitzgerald 131). Tom showed that he did not truly love Daisy until he was forced to face the idea of living without her. Deep down under Tom’s cold appearance, he did really care for Daisy, though he did manage to cheat on her in every town that
In literature, it often occurs that colors have a symbolic meaning. In The Great Gatsby, by Scott F. Fitzgerald, colors play a very significant role in understanding the plot of the book. “The vitality and beauty of F. …show more content…
He was quick to anger, and also quick to violence. Tom was abusive towards Daisy, abusive with both his words and with his actions. He often accused her, Daisy, of telling their secrets to other people. For example, when Daisy invited Nick over to dinner Tom became very defensive after he had left her and Nick alone on the Veranda, "Did you give Nick a little heart-to-heart talk on the veranda" (Fitzgerald 19). By accusing Daisy of spilling their secrets he shows that he does not fully trust her with their personal affairs. Daisy denied saying anything to Nick, but Tom still felt compelled to tell Nick to not “believe everything [that he] hear[s]” (Fitzgerald 19). Another time in the story when Tom was quick to anger was when Daisy told him that she had never loved him. At first Tom denied what she was saying, but eventually he exploded, his anger and rage all toward Gatsby. ”"You're crazy!" he exploded. "I can't speak about what happened five years ago, because I didn't know Daisy then—and I'll be damned if I see how you got within a mile of her unless you brought the groceries to the back door. But all the rest of that's a God damned lie. Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me now” (Fitzgerald 131). Tom showed that he did not truly love Daisy until he was forced to face the idea of living without her. Deep down under Tom’s cold appearance, he did really care for Daisy, though he did manage to cheat on her in every town that