Theme Of Betrayal In The Great Gatsby

The chapters 6-9 deal with the main theme of betrayal. Many people were betrayed throughout this book whether it was infidelity, untruthfulness, etc. Gatsby was untruthful in his rise to becoming rich. His original name was James Gatz. The untruthfulness made people rethink how they felt about Gatsby. Gatsby was born poor and was not born rich he was supposed to be left inheritance by one of his mentor figures but that did not come through. Although tensions were high between Tom and Gatsby because of Daisy; Tom attended one of Gatsby’s parties intended on starting trouble.
In chapter 7 Tom realizes that Daisy is having an affair with Gatsby which fires up even more tension between the two. Tom feels betrayed because of Daisy’s affair with Gatsby but the whole while he has been cheating on her with his Mistress Myrtle. Eventually a horrific event occurred which led to the death of Myrtle when she was struck by Gatsby’s car; although Daisy was the one driving. This resulted in Gatsby taking the blame for her which led to his death and Mr. Wilsons death. In these chapters Gatsby was betrayed by Daisy and Daisy was betrayed by him. The undying love that the two had one before faded away like it had earlier in their relationship. The betrayal was from all sides with the husbands cheating on their wives, wives cheating on their husbands, lies were being told and even lies about finances. The statement made that …show more content…
Gatsby was willing to die for Daisy and in the end she betrayed him just like the rest of his associates. The one loyal friend that Gatsby kept throughout the novel was Nick who never left his side. Betrayal is something hard to get over and it definitely left a lasting impact on the emotions felt while reading this novel. The novel turned out to be very interesting and very beneficial in helping to reach viewers worldwide about the positive and negative side effects of