The Characters of Tom and Daisy of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald :: F. Scott Fitzgerald

The characters search of their own identities and the struggle that ensues is the most suffusive theme throughout The Great Gatsby . The point that we never really know the characters, and the corrupt immoral things they do, directly represent the 20s high society lifestyle. The characters continued to cheat on their spouses, let money mystify their obsession, and debated the American dream for the hopes of one day obtaining happiness. But the fact remains that they have no true morals or capricels of themselves as individuals. These argon a group of people who --no matter how cocky and self- confident they seem-- have absolutely no idea of what they are doing (as many men and women of the 20s do not). tomcat and Daisy are two examples. Daisy is a hospitable character who had a love for parties and tended to lose herself in them and the drinking. Daisy once said, Whatll we do with ourselves this afternoon, and the day after that, and the next thirty age? This quote not only me ans she lives for one day at a time never thinking of the future, but that she truly has no idea of what to do with herself. She is like loose change floating close to wandering from party to party, man to man, friend to friend, in a big house in East Egg with no sense of purpose. She once attempted to plan something when she first reunited with Nick. She said, Whatll we plan? What do people plan? meaning she has never had to feed decisions nor has she had much responsibility. Not only does she have no purpose, she has no morals. She literally killed a woman and went home to eat cold chicken. What more, her lover was killed and she left on a trip missing his funeral. Show me a woman who has no morals or goals and Ill show you a woman who is searching for her own identity. Tom Buchanan is a small man hiding in a big house with an equally large ego. In fact, he once remarked that women run around too much and meet the wrong kind of people. This statement is both arrogant and ironi c because he runs around with the wrong people, and women run around with him- he being the wrong people. Also, when stating this he was most likely referring to his wife, and subtly putting her down for her relationship with Gatsby in a most conceited way.