The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald (pg 27-42)

In the second chapter Tom is shown to be forceful.  He forces Nick into coming to visit his mistress.  Tom forces Wilson into ending their conversation about his workmen by threatening too sell his car to someone else.  Tom is very decisive and curt with the dog salesmen.  Tom also persuades Nick to come up and visit the apartment.  With visual picture given of tom and his actions so far in the book he seems like a man I would not like to have on my bad side.  I would not like to meet him in a dark ally either.  “We backed up to a grey old man who bore an absurd resemblance to John D. Rockefeller” (Fitzgerald 31).  This comment I think is interesting.  Rockefeller was considered a robber baron during that era.  Some considered him to take unfair advantage of his workers and not give enough back to the community.  This fits the salesman because he is selling sketchy dogs for questionable prices.