Examples Of Internal Flaws In The Great Gatsby

Hidden Flaws “The perfect people are only good at hiding their flaws”. This quote perfectly defines the theme of the novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book told the story of a man named Jay Gatz. He tried to win back the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan. The idea that people hide behind masks to disguise their inner flaws is portrayed repeatedly throughout the whole novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald introduced Jay Gatsby as a wealthy and successful ‘Oxford man’. He would throw extravagant parties every other Saturday night and all of East and West Egg came to the parties. To most, his life seemed pretty great having all the money to throw such extravagant parties. He appeared to have it all, he must’ve been living the dream right? Behind his wealth and success he was missing his one true love, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s internal flaw …show more content…
He was married to a very gorgeous and wealthy woman and had an enormous house in East Egg, Tom was living the American Dream. On the outside, Tom seemed like a very happy man. Although, on the inside he was never content with his life. By Tom uttering the words, “And what’s more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool out of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I lover her all the time” (Page 251), he confronts the issue. Tom implies that he loves Daisy, but it isn’t enough for him. Stressing the issue by saying no matter how much he cheats to make himself feel content, he will forever love Daisy more. Throughout the story Tom had been having an affair with Myrtle Wilson. He always needed more that what he was being given. Myrtle was also married, raising the question that maybe more people than we thought have the internal feeling of always craving more and more. Tom was always looked at as this wealthy and successful man; realistically he needed more than one woman to satisfy