Themes of Morality in The Great Gatsby Essay

Many people disagree with the meaning of morality. Morality is known as the separation between good and evil. The line can easily be blurred because what one person believes to be bad another person could believe is good due to the way they were raised. Every character has moments in the book where they are immoral but some more so than others. Tom is the novels main antagonist and is probably the most immoral in to the story when compared to the other characters. Tom antagonizes and coaxes Mr.Wilson to kill Gatsby and then runs away from the problem as if he was never a part of it in the first place. Although Tom does not do anything that is much different from the other characters his actions are the most intended to hurt others. The second…

Jay Gatsby’s parties depict the absence of morality during the infamous Prohibition Era in American history. F. Scott Fitzgerald reached the climax of his writing career in the Roaring 20’s. Fitzgerald’s historic, fictitious classic, The Great Gatsby, was set in the prime of the Jazz Age, in and around New York City, the hub of social and material wealth, when morality was the least concern of the general public. Mobsters roamed the streets. Bootleggers filled drugstores with prohibited liquor.…

gender role change, and morality changes. The 1920s was a time when people tended to stray from what were previously common morals. It was no longer important to put God first in life. Throughout the novel though, it can be said that metaphorically God is always watching. Though in the the 1920s God took a back seat in most peoples lives, he was still present throughout the novel. God was metaphorically watching through Owl Eyes and Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, and contributes to the overall theme of…

be years of nothing but excitement. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a classic piece of American literature that captures the essence of this decade. It reflects America and its values by exemplifying the abounding loss of morality, the sense of materialism, and the period of denial which succeeded the war. Money and morals had an inverse relationship during this decade. As the glorification of the Almighty Dollar increased, morality declined. Allen’s Only Yesterday states “[In this…

Comparison of The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise While published in 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel, This Side of Paradise, dealt with themes of class and love which continue to resonate today. Just four years later the author penned the novel for which he is perhaps best known, The Great Gatsby. Scholars have pointed to similarities in themes amongst Fitzgerald’s works including both The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise, however far less common is an analysis of how…

in his work The Great Gatsby. This book is written through the perspective of Nick Carraway and in this way we are made to see the world as he does. There are many themes in this novel but some of the most important and recurring ones are society and class, isolation, and religion. Fitzgerald explores these themes in the book with the help of his characters, most importantly Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan. Though it may not have been intended Fitzgerald manages to…

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…

Great Gatsby Essay How does Fitzgerald show the American Dream to be an impossible dream in The Great Gatsby? Introduction Fitzgerald uses a variety of different literary techniques in the Great Gatsby to portray the American dream as impossible. The whole novel can be seen as a commentary in pursuit of this. One example of this is his use of symbolism in the novel. His disenchantment with it is equally shown in the choice of setting as well as with the decay of morality as a motif.…

Introduction The social writer F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby to touch upon many social issues, such as the ever-prevalent American Dream, and human pursuits such as the need for love, power, social recognition, and purpose. Set in the Jazz Age, themes such as how money and greed destroy people are brought forth. In The Great Gatsby, the characters are hedonistic and decadent; just like some people in today’s society. Fitzgerald questions this self-seeking mentality: Is it worth it?…

in life. Walking around the city they see the glamor but they also see the downside to the once hopeful dreamers. The ones who did not achieve their dream and have to deal with the backlash of their sanguine demeanor. In The Great Gatsby the main theme is “the American dream” but inside that theme we see many other, smaller, themes that make up the overarching concept. In the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald we see the downside to the “American dream” and realize that sometimes our hopes for the…