Who is the least favorite character in The Great Gatsby?

Tom has a bad reputation throughout because he cheats on his wife. Both Tom and Daisy have a very poor and unstable relationship. There are times where Tom was cheating on his wife and where he is abusive to his wife. One reason is that he has an affair with his mistress, Myrtle.
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Who is the least likeable character in The Great Gatsby?

In the Great Gatsby Tom is an unlikeable character. How does Fitzgerald use language to portray him like this? Fitzgerald uses both language, Tom's various interactions with people and the attitudes he demonstrates through his statements to show his dislikeable character.
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Who is the most problematic character in The Great Gatsby?

Tom Buchanan is the main antagonist in The Great Gatsby . An aggressive and physically imposing man, Tom represents the biggest obstacle standing between Gatsby and Daisy's reunion.
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Who is the most careless in The Great Gatsby?

Daisy is probably the most careless person in the whole novel. Tom's carelessness causes a lot of damage to others, but his actions were deliberate and thought out.
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Is Daisy a likeable character?

She is beautiful and charming, but also fickle, shallow, bored, and sardonic. Nick characterizes her as a careless person who smashes things up and then retreats behind her money.
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A Psychoanalysis of Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)



Who is the most pitiful character in The Great Gatsby?

In the novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a pathetic character because he wasted his whole life chasing an unrealistic dream. Gatsby's dream is unrealistic because "it depends for its success upon Daisy's discontent with her marriage and her willingness to exchange it for a life of love.
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Why is Gatsby unlikeable?

The Great Gatsby is a novel peopled with unlikeable characters – you have Tom Buchanan, the over privileged and potentially abusive spouse (who is also racist), Jay Gatsby, the underhand bootlegger with a sky-high temper and Nick, who is a raging hypocrite.
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How is Tom careless?

Tom showed his carelessness by cheating on his wife Daisy, openly showing off his mistress Myrtle, and telling Wilson that Gatsby owned the car that killed his wife.
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How is Jay Gatsby careless?

Gatsby is careless with his automobile as well, which results in the death of Myrtle Wilson, and ultimately, his own demise. There was no one in the area with a beautiful yellow-golden car like Gatsby's. After leaving the hotel with Daisy, he showed how careless he was with his car.
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Who is the bully in The Great Gatsby?

Tom Buchanan

He uses his physical and social power to bully those around him, but is the only one who sees through Gatsby's fake "Oxford man" persona.
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Why is Tom the least favorable character Great Gatsby?

Tom has a bad reputation throughout because he cheats on his wife. Both Tom and Daisy have a very poor and unstable relationship. There are times where Tom was cheating on his wife and where he is abusive to his wife. One reason is that he has an affair with his mistress, Myrtle.
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Why is Daisy the most despicable character in The Great Gatsby?

ess and selfish girl who only cares about wealth and power, which makes her the most despicable character in the novel. Daisy proves this in many situations such as choosing Tom over Gatsby, when he truly loved her for her, and wanted to be with her.
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Is Daisy selfish in The Great Gatsby?

Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby because money allows people in the novel to show their true colors. For example, Daisy is extremely selfish because she owns a lot of money. Her selfishness is proven through her lack of interest in other people, her affair, and how she discards people without a care.
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Who was the most likable character in The Great Gatsby and why?

Daisy is the Best Character in The Great Gatsby and Nothing You Say Could Convince Me Otherwise: A Thinkpiece/Gatsby Review by Me. The thing about Daisy Buchanan is that she is an angel, a gift to readers everywhere, the light of my life and the joy of my existence.
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Is Nick an admirable character?

An admirable character in the novel is the narrator, Nick Carraway. In the beginning, Nick has always been an outcast that is seen as more practical and has integrity.
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How is Tom Buchanan immoral?

Tom's immoral acts in the novel stem from his overconfidence and ignorance due to his wealth and power. This is further proved by the fact that when his first and only child was born, he left Daisy without any support only one hour after the birth of their daughter.
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Who did not attend Gatsby's funeral?

Chapter nine

Nick is left to organise Gatsby's funeral. Daisy and Tom have left town. Wolfshiem refuses to come. Hundreds of people attended Gatsby's parties but no-one comes to his funeral apart from Nick, Gatsby's father, and some servants.
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Why is Gatsby selfish?

Theme Of Selfishness In The Great Gatsby

The entire book revolves around his one selfish desire to be with the woman he loves, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby is well aware that Daisy married Tom Buchanan, but that does not stop him. Gatsby and Daisy begin seeing each other and spending a great amount of time together.
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How is Tom a bully in The Great Gatsby?

As well as frequently hurting people, he also bullies the people around him. He imposes his will on Nick and insists with a determination... that bordered on violence that Nick meet his mistress Myrtle.
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Why does Nick return west after Gatsby's death?

Why does Nick return west after Gatsby's death? He misses his family, he wants to change jobs, and he is disgusted with the east.
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What happens to Nick at the end of the novel?

After the funeral, Nick lost all interest in life on the East coast. He broke up with Jordan and moved away. The last thing he did before leaving was to erase an offensive word written by someone on Gatsby's front steps.
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How is Daisy reckless?

In chapter seven, Daisy was overwhelmed with Tom and Gatsby fighting over her. She confessed to loving Gatsby but also confessed that she loves Tom. Daisy is careless because she did not take responsibility in her actions when she ran over Myrtle; which killed her instantly. At this point, Daisy does not even stop.
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Is Daisy a villain or a victim?

She's actually a victim.

Daisy, in fact, is more victim than victimizer: she is first victim of Tom Buchanan's "cruel" power, but then of Gatsby's increasingly depersonalized vision of her.
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How did Daisy betray Gatsby?

She betrayed him by completely cutting him out of her life. Daisy also betrayed Gatsby by never admitting to Tom that she was the one that hit Myrtle with the car. The effect of this betrayal was that all the blame fell on Gatsby.
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Is Daisy a villain in The Great Gatsby?

Daisy "Fay" Buchanan is the villainous tritagonist in The Great Gatsby. She symbolizes the amoral values of the aristocratic East Egg and was partially inspired by Fitzgerald's wife Zelda Fitzgerald.
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