1. In the Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan questioned who Jay Gatsby was and his business because Gatsby remained very mysterious with various enviable connections.
2. The reason that Tom might jump to the conclusion that a "lot of these newly rich people" were engaged in the bootlegging of alcohol was that he failed to identify the source of Gatsby's wealth.
Bootlegging alcohol became the means that many in the West Egg and East Egg got their fabulous riches.
3. Naturally, a person like Tom that Fitzgerald described as arrogant, aggressive, and fatherly, would always feel threatened by the rapid rise of the "newly rich" because he could not suffer displacement. After all, Tom married Daisy because he had wealth but without character.
4. Tom refers to the diverse crowd at Gatsby's party as a "menagerie" because they are from varying backgrounds. Many of them were not well-known in Tom's circle.
5. The use of "menagerie" to describe the diverse crowd at the Gatsby party suggests that Tom had a suspecting character that does not welcome strangers.
Thus, Tom was a rich man with uncontrollable racism. He does not live up to the moral standard he demands from others.
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