Alcohol and Wealth leads to Carelessness The 1920’s was a time of wonder and endless opportunity for all, well for all who would take advantage. In novel The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald a man named Nick Carraway goes to New York seeking success. In New York Nick meets Jay Gatsby, a man who has fought hard for what he wants in life, to be with the women he loves and to no longer be poor. Although he only achieves one of those things. The women Gatsby loves in named Daisy and her husband Tom are two of the people seconder their potential and are content to live a meaningless life. Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald uses alcohol and wealth to show that the carelessness of the upper class leads to death and the destruction
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During the time in which the book takes place alcohol has been made illegal to stop the degenerate behavior that has been associated with alcohol such as pour decision making skills, violence, and incompantice. Despite the fact that alcohol is illegal many characters in the book drink regularly and in some instances to extreme excess. The narrator NIck Carraway is a men from Minnesota who is shocked and awed by the epic city that is New York. Soon after Nick arrives he is invited into the city with Tom. This is significant because it wasn't just fun night between two old friends but it was a night of lying and deception where Nick meets Tom’s mistress. During an argument things got heated and “Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.” (41). When Tom hits his Mistress it shows alcohol intensifies his violent nature to a point where he is willing to hit a women. The people within the book are very careless all they care about it’s there parties and social standing. “I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library”(46). This demonstrates that despite the fact that they should have jobs and be productive members of society all they do is drink and be reckless. The author uses alcohol to show that carelessness because it leads to violent outbursts and poor decision
During the time in which the book takes place alcohol has been made illegal to stop the degenerate behavior that has been associated with alcohol such as pour decision making skills, violence, and incompantice. Despite the fact that alcohol is illegal many characters in the book drink regularly and in some instances to extreme excess. The narrator NIck Carraway is a men from Minnesota who is shocked and awed by the epic city that is New York. Soon after Nick arrives he is invited into the city with Tom. This is significant because it wasn't just fun night between two old friends but it was a night of lying and deception where Nick meets Tom’s mistress. During an argument things got heated and “Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.” (41). When Tom hits his Mistress it shows alcohol intensifies his violent nature to a point where he is willing to hit a women. The people within the book are very careless all they care about it’s there parties and social standing. “I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library”(46). This demonstrates that despite the fact that they should have jobs and be productive members of society all they do is drink and be reckless. The author uses alcohol to show that carelessness because it leads to violent outbursts and poor decision