Tom - Dynamic Character

"In a little while I heard a low husky sob, and saw that the tears were overflowing down his face. The God dammned coward, he whimpered. He didn't even stop his car." pg 141

A dynamic character is one who changes in some way due to the story's action. This definition fits Tom's characteristics perfectly. Before the incident between Gatsby and Daisy and Myrtle's death, he was a gruff, arrogant, selfish man. He didn't care about anyone at all but himself. I think that when he found out about Daisy and Gatsby's relationship, he realized how much he actually really loved his wife. Then, like it is shown in the excerpt above, he felt complete sympathy for Wilson after the incident with Myrtle. He actually broke down and cried, something that was completely unexpected considering his mannerisms in the first half of the novel.