How Characters in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, though corrupt, can evoke varying levels of sympathy. Throughout the story many characters display dishonest actions and their sinful natures. However, the characters may or may not invoke sympathy in the reader depending on their persona or purpose they convey to the reader. Ordinarily, one can separate these characters into different groups of whether or not they evoked any sympathy that may outweigh their actions. The first section is that of characters with little to no sympathetic qualities. Tom Buchanan, the rich husband of Daisy, displays little remorse for the disgraceful deeds that he commits within his life. Moreover, he has engaged in affairs with women other than his wife,