Tom Buchanan's Introduction

From The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tom is introduced as a physically imposing, racist, arrogant former football star—the brute embodiment of inherited wealth and white supremacy.
Chapter 1

Tom's 'cruel body,' his ranting about 'The Rise of the Coloured Empires' by Goddard, establishing his bigotry and aggression.

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