Fitzgerald is criticizing American society of the 1920s. Mr. Fitzgerald used Tom to symbolize the power men had during the 1920s. Mr. Fitzgerald made Tom, so his reader doesn’t like him. Tom is a violent, arrogant, and disrespectful, to show how men was to women. For example, he breaks Myrtle’s nose, his mistress “Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand” (Pg. 37) this shows that men are overpowering women with their strength. Another example showing the disrespect for women is that Tom is always cheating on Daisy openly. Daisy knows that he is having an affair, but there is nothing she can do about …show more content…
For the road to riches and diamond rings” (Line 32-33) same with Gatsby doing shady business to become wealthy. An example of social corruption is the police, in the novel Gatsby was pulled over by a cop, but he showed the cop a paper to show who he is and the cop left him. The cop didn’t punish him because Gatsby is a millionaire. Just like in the song, “I say f___ the police, that’s how I treat’em. We buy our way out of jail, but we cant buy freedom” meaning cops would let you go if you can pay them. Wealth, American Dream and social corruption are the main themes for “The Great Gatsby” and “Things Fall Down” with using almost the same examples meaning it is true, Polices, the rich and the poor. How society used to work and may still like that today. People still dreams of achieving the American Dream and sees the possibility, but in reality they just cant see the reality that it is almost impossible to achieve