Moral value has been replaced by materialism in “The Great Gatsby”
In the 1920s, the “Jazz age” or “the Roaring Twenties” is a period after World War I where American society went to a radical change and social reform, and American situated as the most powerful nation of the world. The economic was growing very fast, and the manufacturing were working in full of capacity. The industrialization and the economic prosperity influenced people’s lives: individuals, especially the upper class who has plenty of free time and spend their live aimlessness, enjoy their life happily after the misery of the war with dressing, spending their money, and going out to fabulous parties. In other words, they are mesmerized with materialism. People seemed to focus on wealth, class and materialism; likewise, many of them made money from an illegal business, bootlegging. All these growing of materialism became a cause of decay in moral …show more content…
Also, Daisy represents the unmoral and irresponsible upper-class. Her careless driving is a cause of serial death, Myrtle’s, Gatsby’s, and Wilson’s death; but she doesn’t feel sorry or takes any responsibility for her action though she involves with their death directly. She doesn’t tell anyone that she hits and kills Myrtle by car, but what she does is packing up her bag and flees away to another place with Tom and their old money. Furthermore, Tom tells Wilson that the yellow car which runs on Myrtle is Gatsby’s car as he says, "I told him the truth," but actually it’s not; and this makes Wilson misunderstands that Gatsby is a murderer. Unfortunately, Gatsby becomes a scape goat in this crime and it leads to tragic death of Wilson. As Nick says how Tom and Daisy are corrupted by their wealth that they become
In the 1920s, the “Jazz age” or “the Roaring Twenties” is a period after World War I where American society went to a radical change and social reform, and American situated as the most powerful nation of the world. The economic was growing very fast, and the manufacturing were working in full of capacity. The industrialization and the economic prosperity influenced people’s lives: individuals, especially the upper class who has plenty of free time and spend their live aimlessness, enjoy their life happily after the misery of the war with dressing, spending their money, and going out to fabulous parties. In other words, they are mesmerized with materialism. People seemed to focus on wealth, class and materialism; likewise, many of them made money from an illegal business, bootlegging. All these growing of materialism became a cause of decay in moral …show more content…
Also, Daisy represents the unmoral and irresponsible upper-class. Her careless driving is a cause of serial death, Myrtle’s, Gatsby’s, and Wilson’s death; but she doesn’t feel sorry or takes any responsibility for her action though she involves with their death directly. She doesn’t tell anyone that she hits and kills Myrtle by car, but what she does is packing up her bag and flees away to another place with Tom and their old money. Furthermore, Tom tells Wilson that the yellow car which runs on Myrtle is Gatsby’s car as he says, "I told him the truth," but actually it’s not; and this makes Wilson misunderstands that Gatsby is a murderer. Unfortunately, Gatsby becomes a scape goat in this crime and it leads to tragic death of Wilson. As Nick says how Tom and Daisy are corrupted by their wealth that they become