Most high school students and graduates have definitely read or at least heard of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby. There are many ideas that one can interpret from this, whether it is about power, greed, the American dream. While all these ideas may be applicable to The Great Gatsby, one of the single, most important concepts of the novel is simply the idea of CORRUPTION. While greed is a cornerstone piece to corruption, it is only a part of the concept’s whole. Money and power, combined with the lack of integrity and values, eventually leads to corruption. However, what makes this such a powerful evil in the novel is that, this was in motion during the Roaring Twenties, during the time in which after World War I had passed.
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This sentence already sums most of the characters in the novel; rich, corrupt, immoral, absolutely crazy, yet they get away with this behavior every time. Not even Jay Gatsby himself was a noble character. He got his wealth from bootlegging, in a desperate attempt to win Daisy for himself, but he ended up dying when he took the blame for the car crash of Myrtle instead of Daisy. In the end, nobody ended up caring about Jay, not even those who came to his party. The novel’s interpretation of New York was slightly exaggerated, yet still accurate. In the end, Jay, Nick, and TJ Eckelberg were the only remotely sane people in the …show more content…
Although it may not be as strong a sign as The Great Gatsby’s way, it still does imply a few points. This whole song basically describes a man who loves a woman and that they get married. The problems and issues pile up however, and soon, responsibilities, charges, and the inability to deal with them, soon all leads to divorce/breakup. The song consistently brings up the concept of “makin’ whoopee”, unable to take care of the other tasks at hand. This comes back to corruption from money because, the woman is implied to not do anything, making her husband do all the work, and then when they divorce, it supposedly becomes the man’s fault, even when he does all the work. When you have money, it can be evil due to the sheer concept of greed surrounding it. It continues a vicious cycle when you don’t have enough to support the spouse if they simply drain your finance and
This sentence already sums most of the characters in the novel; rich, corrupt, immoral, absolutely crazy, yet they get away with this behavior every time. Not even Jay Gatsby himself was a noble character. He got his wealth from bootlegging, in a desperate attempt to win Daisy for himself, but he ended up dying when he took the blame for the car crash of Myrtle instead of Daisy. In the end, nobody ended up caring about Jay, not even those who came to his party. The novel’s interpretation of New York was slightly exaggerated, yet still accurate. In the end, Jay, Nick, and TJ Eckelberg were the only remotely sane people in the …show more content…
Although it may not be as strong a sign as The Great Gatsby’s way, it still does imply a few points. This whole song basically describes a man who loves a woman and that they get married. The problems and issues pile up however, and soon, responsibilities, charges, and the inability to deal with them, soon all leads to divorce/breakup. The song consistently brings up the concept of “makin’ whoopee”, unable to take care of the other tasks at hand. This comes back to corruption from money because, the woman is implied to not do anything, making her husband do all the work, and then when they divorce, it supposedly becomes the man’s fault, even when he does all the work. When you have money, it can be evil due to the sheer concept of greed surrounding it. It continues a vicious cycle when you don’t have enough to support the spouse if they simply drain your finance and