The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place in the 1920’s also known as the “Jazz Age”, a phrase coined by Fitzgerald himself. During this time jazz music erupted, prohibition was in effect and women flaunted their independence as “flappers”. Fitzgerald demonstrates how Tom Buchanan disregards social conscience
Tom is a man that acts without social conscience. He goes about life in his own way and disregards the norm set by society. In the first pages of the book when he's introduced we can already see what kind of person he is. “It’s up to us{Whites}, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these races will have control of things.” (Fitzgerald 13)
As the wild mannered man tom is you can always expect him to continue to defy the