Morality, amorality, and the thin line between. It’s human nature to care about one's integrity and morals, but people are inherently dishonest.Literary texts, such as The Great Gatsby showcase the blurred lines between principle and dishonesty. And so the question arises if one should keep their values if it means not achieving what one wants. The answer to this question is ambiguous, but through the book there is dishonesty, avarice, and Idealism which leads to the understanding that people are helplessly imperfect.
Dishonesty occurs often throughout The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald highlights Gatsby as one of the biggest liars in the novel, due to his exaggerated persona and false representation. Gatsby lies about his past, which is shown …show more content…
Greed and parties were the theme of the 20’s. Avarice was deeply shown in society at the time as America just came out of world war one and the economy was booming. Everyone wanted to spend money on expensive items, and characters such as Gatsby weren’t exempt. Gatsby is seen as a wealthy, mysterious, and unreachable entity. Throughout the book he struggles with his identity from being raised poor and unknown to being rich and known of. In the story Gatsby’s greed leads him into corrupt business, which is shown in the text when it says, “ “
Throughout, the book Nick still carries this idealistic “When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart”
Morality is a value-based code of conduct. The bases of one's morality depends on that person’s perception of right and wrong. In the 20’s society as a whole started basing their morality on shallowness, such as money and material wealth. The root of immorality in The Great Gatsby is the love of money and material goods. Gatsby, the main character, is closely associated to the wealth he acquired illegally. Gatsby’s whole persona is built around how much money he has, and all the material items he
Dishonesty occurs often throughout The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald highlights Gatsby as one of the biggest liars in the novel, due to his exaggerated persona and false representation. Gatsby lies about his past, which is shown …show more content…
Greed and parties were the theme of the 20’s. Avarice was deeply shown in society at the time as America just came out of world war one and the economy was booming. Everyone wanted to spend money on expensive items, and characters such as Gatsby weren’t exempt. Gatsby is seen as a wealthy, mysterious, and unreachable entity. Throughout the book he struggles with his identity from being raised poor and unknown to being rich and known of. In the story Gatsby’s greed leads him into corrupt business, which is shown in the text when it says, “ “
Throughout, the book Nick still carries this idealistic “When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart”
Morality is a value-based code of conduct. The bases of one's morality depends on that person’s perception of right and wrong. In the 20’s society as a whole started basing their morality on shallowness, such as money and material wealth. The root of immorality in The Great Gatsby is the love of money and material goods. Gatsby, the main character, is closely associated to the wealth he acquired illegally. Gatsby’s whole persona is built around how much money he has, and all the material items he