In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the roaring twenties, a time where the economy was growing rapidly and a social change,which unfortunately had to end with the Great Depression. With the social change happening so quickly, people were slowly losing their morals and becoming vile people, where people felt as if they were losing their faith in God. With this F. Scott Fitzgerald got inspired to write The Great Gatsby, in The Great Gatsby we get introduced to Tom Buchanan, he is the most vile character in The Great Gatsby. Throughout the book we see Tom always has to be number 1 in the room, doesn't waste any time to cheat on Daisy Buchanan, and is a very short tempered man. For F. Scott Fitzgerlad to create Tom Buchanan he was noticing how men …show more content…
Don’t you think so?”, but what's also important is that Tom answered the phone, even though Daisy is nearby, obviously not caring if she heard or not. This is cruel and when Daisy steps outside and Nick follows her, she shows how she really feels about it. Daisy tells Nick that she’s been having a hard time, and when Nick asks Daisy about her daughter, Pammy, Daisy tells him, “Well, she was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where.” This shows that Tom isn't supportive, and wasn't there for Daisy, or Pammy. Tom throughout the novel shows that his temper is extremely short, he snaps at people, including daisy. During the same dinner scene, Fitzgerald writes that Tom says “Civilization’s going to pieces.” Fitzgerald also describes the way that Tom said this as