Which character is described as a common person destroyed by the wealthy's cruelty?

Which character is described as a common person destroyed by the wealthy's cruelty?

• A. Tom
• B. Myrtle
• C. George
• D. Nick

Answer: (C)

The idea being tested is how wealth and class can crush an ordinary, everyday person. George Wilson fits this description best. He is a working-class mechanic, mired in the bleak valley of ashes, whose life is upended and ultimately destroyed by the actions and callousness of the wealthy world around him. The cruelty and indifference of the rich—embodied by Tom and Daisy—shape the tragedy that befalls him, illustrating how someone without wealth can be ground down by the privileges and carelessness of those who have plenty. Tom embodies wealth and power and remains unscathed; Myrtle, while a victim, is more a casualty of that same world rather than its emblem of the “common person” destroyed by wealth; Nick stands outside the destruction, as the observer, rather than its subject.

The idea being tested is how wealth and class can crush an ordinary, everyday person. George Wilson fits this description best. He is a working-class mechanic, mired in the bleak valley of ashes, whose life is upended and ultimately destroyed by the actions and callousness of the wealthy world around him. The cruelty and indifference of the rich—embodied by Tom and Daisy—shape the tragedy that befalls him, illustrating how someone without wealth can be ground down by the privileges and carelessness of those who have plenty.

Tom embodies wealth and power and remains unscathed; Myrtle, while a victim, is more a casualty of that same world rather than its emblem of the “common person” destroyed by wealth; Nick stands outside the destruction, as the observer, rather than its subject.