In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the author illustrates that accidents never occur without a purpose and always have a significance. Misfortunes only develop due to the careless behaviors of the characters and would not come into existence otherwise. He shows that incidents cause a rippling effect, creating more casualties. Fitzgerald presents incidents in a way to show that they always maintain an underlying meaning. He provides that accidents do not exist within “It wasn’t a coincidence… Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay” (Fitzgerald 83). He shows Gatsby’s full awareness of the closeness of Daisy’s residencency to his own, which contrasts with the prior assumption of the purchase occuring by chance.
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With the possession of the ability to prevent disasters, but intentionally denying to take action, proves the lack of cautiousness within the personality of Jordan. Further indication of Jordan’s awareness of this trait within herself shows in “You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn’t I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess” (186). Therefore, Fitzgerald indicates that the characters cause the incidents exclusively, and while they maintain the ability to prevent hardships, including their own demise, fail to take initiative. In some instances, the characters do not even recognize the accidents they cause or the situations they present themselves in, as seen in “Wha’s matter? Did we run outa gas?” (59). Not only did the guests freely consume intoxicating beverages, they allow themselves to drive behind the wheel, an extremely dangerous risk. Lack of thought to self preservation furthers the evidence of disregard within the characters that Fitzgerald presents. While many of the characters contain this trait, some others reject the notion of negligence, shown within Nick when he says “If you’re a poor driver you oughtn’t to try driving at night”. Coincidentally, Nick never finds himself directly in or the cause of incidents and the devastating harm
With the possession of the ability to prevent disasters, but intentionally denying to take action, proves the lack of cautiousness within the personality of Jordan. Further indication of Jordan’s awareness of this trait within herself shows in “You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn’t I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess” (186). Therefore, Fitzgerald indicates that the characters cause the incidents exclusively, and while they maintain the ability to prevent hardships, including their own demise, fail to take initiative. In some instances, the characters do not even recognize the accidents they cause or the situations they present themselves in, as seen in “Wha’s matter? Did we run outa gas?” (59). Not only did the guests freely consume intoxicating beverages, they allow themselves to drive behind the wheel, an extremely dangerous risk. Lack of thought to self preservation furthers the evidence of disregard within the characters that Fitzgerald presents. While many of the characters contain this trait, some others reject the notion of negligence, shown within Nick when he says “If you’re a poor driver you oughtn’t to try driving at night”. Coincidentally, Nick never finds himself directly in or the cause of incidents and the devastating harm