The novel, The Great Gatsby, has many characters in it. Four prominent characters
are Tom Buchanan, George Wilson, Daisy Buchanan, and Myrtle Wilson. These four
characters have some similarities, but in reality they are very different people.
Tom Buchanan and George Wilson have very little in common. The first similarity
is that they are the only two people in the novel to use violence. Tom strikes Myrtle and
George shoots Gatsby. The other similarity is that they both "love" Myrtle Wilson. Tom
cheats on his wife Daisy with Myrtle, which brings about a difference between the two
men. George is faithful to his wife, while Tom does not seem to really care about Daisy or
even Myrtle for that matter. George shows respect to people while Tom shows no respect,
or care for anyone. This lack of respect is probably due to their opposite positions in life.
Tom is an arrogant rich man, while George is a humble merchant.
The comparison and contrast for the women is much more complicated then the
men. They were similar because they were both fake. Myrtle pretended to be rich, and
Daisy pretended to care about people. This quote shows Daisy's false care, "I'm
p-paralyzed with happiness." In Myrtle's mind the two women are very much similar.
When Tom and Myrtle go out, Myrtle acted out her dreams of being rich. She buys
useless things with Tom's money. However this was not reality. In fact Daisy was
everything Myrtle wanted to be, and everything she was not. Daisy really lived a luxurious
life. She really had no cares or concerns. Myrtle tried to be just like Daisy, but she never
really could because the life she lead was fake.
These people were totally different in almost every way. George was happy this
way, and had no problem with his life. Unfortunately Myrtle was not content. She strived
to be something she was not(Daisy). Daisy didn't try to do anything, she didn't care about
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