Out of the five main characters in the Great Gatsby, I disliked Tom Buchanan the most ( however his wife Daisy was a close second). He just didn't seem like he was a nice person, and he also seemed extremely self-absorbed. I don't believe that he and I would choose the same values that we would consider important in guiding our lives. One of Tom's important values is wealth. He was very rich and thought that …showed first 75 words of 945 total…

…showed last 75 words of 945 total…having his own little "sprees" ? Perhaps I dislike Tom so much because I find that his values are all so shallow and in his own self interest. Nick Carraway puts it best: " 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 it was that kept them together , and let other people clean up the mess they had made..."