Letters: Is Trump Tom Buchanan Incarnate?
Readers reflect on how the president resembles characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s <em>The Great Gatsby</em>.
Oct 04, 2018
3 minutes
How ‘The Great Gatsby’ Explains Trump
Last week, Rosa Inocencio Smith wrote about the “superficial but telling ways” President Donald Trump resembles Tom Buchanan, a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
As a high-school English teacher, I found your article informative, refreshing, and full of new takeaways to consider.
While I agree with many of your points, I believe one consideration is missing. First, though the similarities between Tom and our president are apt, I believe was “Trimalchio”; as a former slave in , by Petronius, Trimalchiopursued wealth through rather ruthless means.
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