Tom Buchanan, antagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, was born into wealth. He experienced his glory days early in his life and as a result, "...everything afterwards savors of anticlimax  (6). To relive the this thrill Tom develops shallow, materialistic, and overpowering attitude. This attitude is revealed through syntax, diction, sentence types, and literary devices. Buchanan "...had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven" (6). He was very well known throughout the country and as "...a national figure in a way" (6). His success and accomplishments are all described in past tense suggesting that his fame and glory days have past. He desires this faded attention and as a result would do whatever he feels is necessary to recapture the thrill of being famous. As a result, "They spent a year in France, for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there...wherever people played polo and were rich together  (6). He and his wife move around the world of the rich to wherever he thinks he will experience challenges and exhilaration. Words like "drifted  and "for no particular reason  represent his continuous need to change in order to reclaim his former athletic stardom. His endless restlessness is further developed through the personification of his home and possessions. "The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens - finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run  (6). Even his property seems to be alive, beckoning for attention and recognition. The words "jumping  "ran  and "momentum  appear athletic similarly to to this washed up collegiate star. Also, the landscaping is described in an active, transitive sentence. His "...Georgian Colonial mansion" (6) is actually acting upon upon Tom's guests- ma