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The Good Guys In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Good Guys are Gatsby and Nick, and the bad guys are Tom Buchanan, George Wilson, and Meyer Wolfsheim. The characters in Great Gatsby are very hard to distinguish if they are part of the good guys or bad guys. Some can be considered good for the actions they have done and some can be considered bad for the ties they have. Some of the characters are involved in criminal work while some are just living. Characters such as Gatsby can be considered good, and can be considered bad. Gatsby’s character is hard working and has many accomplishments, but his desire to love Daisy is what corrupts him. When he was young, right after joining the military. Gatsby can be considered the good guy due to the fact he was able to do good things like fight for …show more content…

Nick’s character is honest, but is an alcoholic. Nick is also the narrator of the story. Nick is considered the good guy as he didn’t cause many conflicts between Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. He helps both these characters on many occasions, such as helping Tom with Myrtle, helping Jay Gatsby with Daisy and Nick helping with Jay’s funeral. Nick’s only conflict of interest is the fact that he is on both sides of the story, with him knowing that Jay Gatsby loves Daisy and him also knowing Tom’s affairs. Nick faces many conflicts in the book that he had to witness and had to help with that he forgot about his own birthday. Tom Buchanan, Meyer Wolfsheim, George Wilson are all bad guys in The Great Gatsby as they all have done very bad things. First, Tom Buchanan's character is arrogant, hypocritical and a bully. Tom Buchanan was also cheating on his wife Daisy with multiple people in the book and the show. Tom also told George that his car ran over his wife. He always had everything, but when it comes to a pressure situation he would always try to manipulate the

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