Characters And Their Roles In The Great Gatsby

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one of Gatsby’s only confidants and is there whenever Daisy and Gatsby meet. He is a crucial character of the novel.
Tom Buchanan is one man that no one who reads this novel likes or has any feeling for. He is the antagonist and is the character in which much of the typical macho male aspects are placed upon. He went to school with Nick at Yale and eventually married Nick’s Cousin Daisy. He cam from a very wealthy family in which materialism and the love for money was rampant. Tom was very ungrateful for what he had in Daisy, and Nick as well as Gatsby were aware of that. Tom had a mistress, Myrtle Wilson. He did nothing to try and keep that a secret. In fact, he flaunted it, even to Daisy’s own cousin Nick. Tom is a disgrace in this novel and is the portrayal of what not to be in a man. He was the only clear threat to Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy.
Daisy Buchanan is the essence of femininity. When her character comes to mind, a flower does as well. She is the woman that all ...

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