Examples Of Dishonesty In The Great Gatsby

How does dishonesty influence an individuals’ ability to be happy? In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald comments on a variety of concepts; Self-image, judgement, happiness, and so on. Out of all the themes, he seems to develop the idea of happiness more often than not. He sets up the groups of people in very distinct social classes; East Egg and West Egg. This starts the contrast to the way humans do things just because of the social standing they classify themselves with. The first class that is mentioned is the rich and how they seem to have the perfect life, however they want to control the judgements of others which in turn leads to unhappiness.
The conflicts of both Gatsby and Daisy show readers that dishonesty can control the judgments of others and their happiness. Gatsby does this by making sure people have rumors that he has creates by the time they leave his presence. He contradicts himsmelf because when he talks with nick at the party, he extends the truth. This allows Gatsby’s character to remain “perfect”, knowing that his past will not win Daisy over. He justifies himself and has to establish false happiness within. Nick is the the first one to pick up on Gatsby. …show more content…
As demonstrated in The Great Gatsby, we see that false happiness does not lead a person to where they want to be. Daisy and Gatsby know what they are looking for but they will find out that they. Fitzgerald uses symbols like the Green light and Old money/New money to show what Gatsby’s character is missing. Conflicts within the characters are demonstarted when they lie about who they are to the extent that they convince themselves of what they are not. It is very hard to control the judgments of others about you especiall when the truth comes out. True happiness is atainable only with the truth followed along with