Tom Buchanan
Tom Buchanan is a character in F.
Scott Fitzgerald's novel *The Great Gatsby* (1925)—a wealthy, arrogant former football star whose brutish physicality and casual racism embody old-money entitlement.
The name has become shorthand for a certain type of rich man: aggressively mediocre, convinced of his own superiority, and careless with other people's lives.
He's got real Tom Buchanan energy—born on third base and acts like he hit a triple.
- old sportChummy British greeting
- DaisyFemale name, often bovine
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- poloMounted mallet sport
- brutishCruel and uncivilized
Gatsby · arrogant · old money · muscle · brute force · broken nose · racist · white supremacy · affairs · Myrtle · violence · entitlement · Ivy League · mansion · careless · Yale · aristocrat · hulking
moral character
Tom BuchananAtticus Finch
Jay Gatsby · Jean Valjean · Boo Radley · Samwise Gamgee · Mr. Darcy