In the case of the characters Tom Buchanan and Daisy Buchanan, in the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, love is not the glue that holds their marriage together Together. Tom and Daisy's marriage is cemented by wealth, class, and carelessness. Through Nick Carraway's narration, Tom Buchanan is portrayed as a smug man who has little regard for the feelings of others. His character traits seem to be shaped by the excesses and entitlements that accompany his social class and wealth. Tom is distracted. As information is revealed about the affair Tom isn't having - so - secretly behind his wife's back, readers form their own judgments about his character. Tom has the decency not to be seen with his lover, Myrtle Wilson, in his life. Not only does Tom treat women badly, he treats anyone who isn't upper class below average. Because Tom is immensely rich and because he comes from an “old” family, he believes he is superior. Tom hides behind the dollar signs associated with his name and uses them as a license to treat others harshly. This is evident in the way he treats George Wilson, the husband of his mistress, and in the way he treats his wife's admirer, Jay Gatsby. Wilson's characteristics do not matter to Tom. It doesn't matter if George Wilson is kind, handsome or humble. In Tom's eyes, Myrtle's husband is "so stupid that he didn't know he was alive" (26). It's not bad enough that Tom "jokes" with George Wilson's wife, he also has the gall to belittle the man just because they don't share the same privileges in life. The way Tom treats George Wilson is very similar to the way he treats Jay Gatsby. From the beginning, Tom despises Gatsby and suspects that Gatsby's wealth comes from illegal sources. In Tom's eyes, it doesn't matter if Gatsby is rich, because the “old” rich and the “new” rich are on different levels of social class and grace. Therefore, when Tom discovers the bond that his wife and Gatsby share, his attitude towards Gatsby sours. Thus, Gatsby becomes the ideal scapegoat when someone needs to be blamed for Myrtle's guilt. Throughout the novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nick Carraway provide us with numerous insights into these characters, but it is the passage that outright states the exact traits that create them. their personality and their marriage. The examples and characteristics discussed in this essay help us understand the content of the passage, as well as the characters themselves. On the one hand, when it comes to love, it seems that Tom and Daisy are not right for each other. On the other hand, when it comes to wealth, social class and carelessness, this pair is more suitable than two pieces of a pair.