When things are the worst for him, Tom Buchanan runs to his money and hides behind it. Same with Daisy. "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever kept them together."(pg. 184) It was their money that kept them together. They used their money as shields. Used it also as an excuse and a reason to look down on others.

Tom Buchanan is married to Daisy Baker, cousin of Nick Carraway. In his first meeting with Nick, who he knew from collage at New Haven, Nick sees Tom's arrogance. To Nick, it seems that Tom uses his money mostly as an excuse to make himself seem higher than other people around him. Even to Nick. He applies this opinion of himself on many occasions, maybe not directly, but non the le

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