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The Character of Tom Buchanan in The large(p) Gatsby    Out of the five main characters in the Great Gatsby, I dislike Tom Buchanan the most ( however his wife Daisy was a close second). He just didnt seem like he was a adept soul, and he also seemed extremely self-absorbed. I dont believe that he and I would distinguish the same values that we would consider important in guiding our lives.   star of Toms important values is wealth. He was very rich and thought that it do him superior to other people. He enjoys showing off his possessions, Ive got a nice place here. It belonged to the Demaine oil man (Great Gatsby, 12). In this case, Tom is showing break away his house and obviously thinks that because it belonged to the Demaine oil man that it makes it a little to a greater extent important. Tom thinks that poor people are inferior to him and he is quite an the snob. He is from old money and often refers to the newly rich as bootleggers, people who distribut ed alcohol during prohibition. Tom doesnt think much of Gatsby , and claims that he pegged him as a bootlegger the moment he saw him. When Daisy tells Tom that she is expiration him for Gatsby he says, Shes not leaving me Certainly not for a commonalty swindler whod have to steal the ring to put on her feel ( 140). Later, Tom even sends Daisy home with Gatsby, adding that his presumptous flirtation was over.   Power and control over people is something that Tom considers important in guiding his life. Throughout the sassy he has shown, time and time again that he is the type of person who likes to control others and what they do. Sometimes he is nothing more than a hector and other times he is just cruel.He often talks to George Wilson, his mistress economize about selling him his car, which he never actually intends to do. He is alone toying with the man, but becomes angry when Wilson tries to talk to him about it Very swell then , I wont sell you the car at all... Im under no obligations to you at all...And as for your bothering me about it at lunch time I wont stand for that at all (122). Tom was being extemely cruel at that moment because Wilson needed the money that would come from the car and Tom didnt care.