Spencer Seton
Ms.Maggert
English Honors 3
04 April 2017
Corrupted Dreams
People can be defined by their personalities and the way they carry themselves. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, he brings up a controversial ideal that became very prominent during the making of the novel and swept the nation. The moral differences between social classes were beginning to be very evident. The upper classes dishonesty and corruption led to the eventual undoing of the American dream and delineation between socioeconomic classes.
In the beginning of Gatsby, Fitzgerald introduces us to the mysterious Jay Gatsby. He also shows us his neighbors across the pond over in the East Egg. The East Egg was made up of people just like his neighbors Tom and …show more content…
He had a sense of life in him when the East Egg residents had rather seemed to be careless of their actions. The lavish lifestyle they lived made them different people than the others of their time. Drastic differences in the moral standards of Tom and Daisy to Nick and everyone else, came from the amount of money they had available to them. “Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water” (Fitzgerald 15). Fitzgerald shows the East Egg likes this to embody the 20’s era and how modern America had strayed from it’s blue collar history to a spoon-fed culture. The East had become the wealthier, entitled, future of America and the Midwest maintained the hard earned …show more content…
Daisy had yearned for a life full of wealth and nothing less. The goodness in Tom’s heart as well as hers wasn’t shown through. Although Tom had an affair with another woman repeatedly, Daisy was happily married to this kind of man. This helps to show the lack of integrity found in them. However, you see this also apply to Gatsby himself because he is not without his fatal flaws. Gatsby takes part in the underground lucrative bootlegging business of alcohol during the 20’s. His money is gained through illegal terms and Tom’s money isn’t. Gatsby’s money is a detractor to Daisy, who eventually signifies the end of his dream. The underlying theme of these characters in Fitzgerald’s novel wholeheartedly portrays the upper classes
Ms.Maggert
English Honors 3
04 April 2017
Corrupted Dreams
People can be defined by their personalities and the way they carry themselves. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, he brings up a controversial ideal that became very prominent during the making of the novel and swept the nation. The moral differences between social classes were beginning to be very evident. The upper classes dishonesty and corruption led to the eventual undoing of the American dream and delineation between socioeconomic classes.
In the beginning of Gatsby, Fitzgerald introduces us to the mysterious Jay Gatsby. He also shows us his neighbors across the pond over in the East Egg. The East Egg was made up of people just like his neighbors Tom and …show more content…
He had a sense of life in him when the East Egg residents had rather seemed to be careless of their actions. The lavish lifestyle they lived made them different people than the others of their time. Drastic differences in the moral standards of Tom and Daisy to Nick and everyone else, came from the amount of money they had available to them. “Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water” (Fitzgerald 15). Fitzgerald shows the East Egg likes this to embody the 20’s era and how modern America had strayed from it’s blue collar history to a spoon-fed culture. The East had become the wealthier, entitled, future of America and the Midwest maintained the hard earned …show more content…
Daisy had yearned for a life full of wealth and nothing less. The goodness in Tom’s heart as well as hers wasn’t shown through. Although Tom had an affair with another woman repeatedly, Daisy was happily married to this kind of man. This helps to show the lack of integrity found in them. However, you see this also apply to Gatsby himself because he is not without his fatal flaws. Gatsby takes part in the underground lucrative bootlegging business of alcohol during the 20’s. His money is gained through illegal terms and Tom’s money isn’t. Gatsby’s money is a detractor to Daisy, who eventually signifies the end of his dream. The underlying theme of these characters in Fitzgerald’s novel wholeheartedly portrays the upper classes