6. Explain how Tom Buchanan and Georg
Tom Buchanan and George Wilson are in the same situation, and why this is
ironic.
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Tom is substantially wealthier than George and often acts as a bully. George, on the other hand, is financially strained and bullied. Myrtle is what they have in common, as well as violence concerning Myrtle's affair with Tom. Tom breaks Myrtle's nose to make her "behave." While George does not hit his wife, after Tom's wife, Daisy, runs her over with a car, George wrongly believes Gatsby is at fault and kills him for revenge. Tom Buchanan and George Wilson are in many ways a study in contrasts. Tom is wealthy, arrogant, entitled, and prone to physical violence, while George is poor, meek, and not prone to any physical violence that we can see.

However, they are very much alike in being deeply attached to their wives. Both are shocked when they find out their wives have been having an affair. Both want to get rid of the rival and salvage the marriage, rather than throw the wife out for adultery.

When George discovers that Myrtle is having an affair, although he does not know it is with Tom, he plans to move far away with...

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