What Are The Foils In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the early 1920's. During this time period, society was fluttering with all sorts of commotion: being women gaining rights, prohibition, the stocks, and people washing away the memories of World War I by partying. The novel The Great Gatsby portrays all of this in its own way; while doing this, it also tells a story about money and Americans during this time period. The Great Gatsby takes place in the summer of 1922 in Long Island, New York. We are introduced immediately to our narrator, Nick Caraway, who is traveling to New York for a job as a stock broker. Nick lives in a small cabin in the west egg next to a large castle-like house who is owned by a man named Gatsby. We soon find our other main characters, Jordan Baker, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan, all who live on the east …show more content…
Tom is a controlling, bulky, racist, selfish individual who is married to Daisy, Gatsby's love. Tom shows his assertion in multiple ways, for example, he hits Myrtle at a party due to her constantly saying "Daisy" to him. This event in itself shows how controlling he is. During Gatsby and Tom's verbal quarrel, Tom was stating that he has always loved Daisy since the beginning. He guilt trips Daisy back into being with him by doing this, even though Gatsby is a much better candidate for her. Another selfish act that he did was immediately after that quarrel. Gatsby and Daisy ran over Myrtle, no one knows if it was an accident or not, while Daisy was driving. George had known that the car Gatsby and Daisy were in was once being driven by Tom previously; so he concludes that Tom is the one who ran her over. Tom however is able to get George to murder Gatsby by saying Gatsby owned the car. All information such as who was driving, and how it happened were all left out. He did this in order to protect himself so that he can continue to be controlling and