What Are The Villains In The Great Gatsby

Villains and Heros Villains and heros are not so different as many make them out to be. Most, if not all, of them carry some similar traits in character, personality, or outside influence. Authors many times create these similarities to show more challenges that the hero and villain could face when opposing the other. This also shows more threats the hero and villain present to one another. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Tom and Gatsby’s characters to be somewhat similar to give bigger obstacles for both characters to face throughout the story. One way that Fitzgerald makes Tom and Gatsby similar, is the fondness they both have for Nick’s character. An example for Tom is when he takes Nick to meet his mistress in the city. This shows that Tom is comfortable enough with Nick to present to him a secret he very much wants kept. Tom feels that Nick is able to keep this information to himself and does trust Nick not to tell any individual his secret. For Gatsby an example is when Gatsby invites Nick to stay the night with him at his house, and in this time Gatsby tell Nick the true story of his childhood and teenage years leading to where he was now. Gatsby sees Nick as the only true friend he has ever really had, and finally understands then how trusting he can be with Nick. …show more content…
Gatsby won Daisy’s love openly when the party was in the Hotel together. Daisy even openly admits to loving Gatsby all those years ago and throughout the time they were apart. She also admits to loving him now as well, in front of Tom and every other person in the room. Tom won Daisy legally though through marriage. He knew he had Daisy under his thumb ever since they had gotten married. Tom is so confident in having Daisy that he sends her home with Gatsby knowing he has already won her no matter what. They both won a part of Daisy for themselves, but Tom is the one who gets to keep