The Characters of Tom and Daisy of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald :: F. Scott Fitzgerald

The characters bet of their own identities and the struggle that ensues is the most suffusive theme throughout The big(p) Gatsby . The fact that we neer really know the characters, and the corrupt immoral things they do, straightaway represent the 20s high society lifestyle. The characters continued to cheat on their spouses, let money become their obsession, and debated the American dream for the hopes of one day obtaining happiness. tho the fact remains that they have no true morals or ideals of themselves as individuals. These are a group of people who --no matter how self-asserting and self- confident they seem-- have absolutely no idea of what they are doing (as numerous men and women of the 20s do non). Tom and Daisy are two examples. Daisy is a genial character who had a love for parties and tended to lose herself in them and the drinking. Daisy once said, Whatll we do with ourselves this afternoon, and the day after that, and the next thirty years? This quote not o nly means she lives for one day at a clip never thinking of the future, but that she truly has no idea of what to do with herself. She is like loose change floating around wandering from society to party, man to man, friend to friend, in a big house in East Egg with no sense of purpose. She once attempted to jut something when she first reunited with Nick. She said, Whatll we plan? What do people plan? meaning she has never had to make decisions nor has she had much responsibility. Not only does she have no purpose, she has no morals. She literally killed a woman and went home to eat cold chicken. What more, her buff was killed and she left on a trip missing his funeral. Show me a woman who has no morals or goals and Ill show you a woman who is searching for her own identity. Tom Buchanan is a small man cover in a big house with an equally large ego. In fact, he once remarked that women run around too much and disturb the do by kind of people. This statement is both arrogan t and ironic because he runs around with the wrong people, and women run around with him- he being the wrong people. Also, when stating this he was most likely referring to his wife, and subtly putting her down for her family with Gatsby in a most conceited way.