The Great Gatsby
Chapter 1;
In chapter one, what quote best represents Tom Buchanan?
In a paragraph, describe his best and worst qualities and his role in the novel.
In chapter one, what quote best represents Tom Buchanan?
In a paragraph, describe his best and worst qualities and his role in the novel.
Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven —a national figure in a way, one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anti-climax.
This quote epitomizes Tom, his accomplishments, and what Nick sees as his "excellence." It also explains his boredom with life at such a young age.
The Great Gatsby/ Chapter 1