The empathy felt for George Wilson in Great Gatsby is unlike any other tragic love story of the 21st century. George experiences real heartbreak and romantic whiplash throughout the novel. Anyone with a sense of compassion or sympathy will somehow be able to relate to what Mr. Wilson feels through the miserable pain his wife puts him through while he participates in an affair with Tom Buchanan. George Wilson is portrayed as a typical mechanic. When you think of him, you ultimately think of greasy clothes, greasy hair, and large hands stained with thick black substances from working with every ounce of effort he exerts. His face was stained with automotive fluids, giving him an extremely rugged and almost intimidating appearance. His attitude, however, is the opposite of that of his vanity. Instead of a gruff and dry personality; George demonstrates a wonderfully friendly way of treating others, except when he accepts his wife's betrayal. Even then, George goes to great lengths to keep calm and leave the judgment of her and Tom to the man upstairs. At the beginning of Great Gatsby, George has no idea of ​​his wife's (Myrtle) infidelity. It is illustrated this way as Tom and Nick arrive at George's auto repair shop, and George makes himself available to Myrtle to comply with whatever she asks. In this scene, Myrtle asked George to get the men drinks and chairs to sit in, which he did very quickly. This indicated how much George Wilson cared and loved his wife, unlike Tom for his wife; he listened to her and acted on everything Myrtle told him. The differences between George Wilson and Tom Buchanan are easy to express... middle of paper ...... But, by the end of the novel, George comes to make his faith known, reaffirming his ultimate belief in God. I believe George Wilson was included as a character in The Great Gatsby to symbolize the lower class of the 1920s. Almost all of the other characters, Gatsby and Tom more so, are very wealthy. Throughout history, wealthy people always have a way to escape the consequences of their actions. For example, Tom and Daisy had run away to Paris to have more fun dealing with their offenses. But George? He had to stay in his poor town to deal with the loss and ultimate betrayal of his wife Myrtle. And what did he do to do this to himself? Nothing. George is a great example of all the hardships people went through at the start of the Great Depression and how terribly different it was from those who had wealth..