How Are Daisy And Jay Gatsby Alike

The characters that are brought to life in Fitzgerald’s 1920’s love story The Great Gatsby each have many traits making them their own person, yet some of these traits can be found in more than one character. Each character is described in such a way that as you read the novel each one becomes a real person in your mind. As you begin reading the story there are some characters that you want to see succeed, while there are others that you want to see get what’s coming to them. Although you may feel one way about a charter at the begin of the novel, throughout the story, the charters change and may lead to a change in opinions of them. What do these characters have in common and how are they different?

The characters, Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby,

Daisy and Tom together have a daughter, Pammy. Both are from families with money. Daisy comes from a wealthy family and her biggest desire in life is money. Tom and Daisy have this in common, both share the goal of having more money than anyone else. Daisy has always been obsessed with money just like Tom. This is seen in the novel when Daisy refused to marry Gatsby as a young man because “Rich girls marry rich men” and when Tom spends money like it will never end to impress the women in his life. Another similarity between these two are both are cheaters. Daisy has been faithful to her cheating husband until Jay Gatsby comes back into her life Tom is cheating on Daisy with Myrtle and Daisy with Gatsby. Both pretend that the other is not doing anything and continue to go about there lives. These two are perfect for each other, they each share the same faults and want the same thing in life, to have all the money in the world and do whatever it is that makes them happy. Both, Daisy and Tom, are selfish people that are all about making things right for themselves no matter the cost to anyone else. They both are liars, cheaters, and murders. Daisy murdered Myrtle was a possible accidental vehicular homicide. Tom would have George Wilson pull the trigger on Gatsby and

There is a love interest between the two of them, but they are not married and neither seem to be interested in getting married. Both Nick and Jordan are from upper-class families and are doing well for themselves. Although Jordan is self-centered and has a lack of morals Nick cares for her deeply even though he is the very opposite.Unlike Jordan, Nick is a caring man with high morals and relies on only himself to get by and does not expect anything from anyone. Jordan relies on her family for money where Nick is financially independent. Another difference between them is they very themselves. Jordan thinks very highly of herself, while on the other hand Nick is critical of himself and feels he can do nothing right. Even though Nick was critical of himself he stayed true to himself where Jordan would betray who she is to get what she