Themes of Morality in The Great Gatsby Essay

The Silent Villain Who is the true villain of The Great Gatsby, by F.Scott Fitzgerald? Is it Tom Buchanan the abusive, controlling husband, or perhaps Daisy Buchanan the greedy, manipulative heroine, who is the ultimate prize. Perhaps it's even Jay Gatsby the titular main character and star of the book whose obsession with the past leads to him not having a future? The true villain of this story is narrator Nick Carraway. He claims to not want to be part of the conflict, but there he is in the…

Throughout the novel, there is a theme of unsatisfied couples. For example in chapter 2 Myrtle proclaims that her husband isn’t fit to “lick my shoe” and in chapter 3 a women blames her husband for wanting to leave “whenever he sees I’m having a good time”, when in fact they are one of the last to leave the party. This shows how insincere marriage has become and so offers a motive for the affairs. Daisy married Tom for the financial stability and comfort he offered her and so when Jordan tells…

In the novels Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Sula by Toni Morrison, the characters in each story fall victim to friendship. These friendships that the characters entertain themselves with are detrimental to their consciousness and their morality. From Nel hiding Sula’s murder of a young boy to Nick aiding in both Daisy and Tom’s infidelity, a strong pattern that emerges from these stories is, characters becoming corrupted by their friendships. In…

In addition, Jay Gatsby is full of lies. Initially, Jay Gatsby was not his real name. James Gatz told many lies to Nick to make him sound like a better person than he actually was. “I am the son of some wealthy people in the Middle West-- all dead now” (Fitzgerald 65). Gatsby told Nick that he inherited money from family, not from Dan Cody. It is also convenient that his family is all passed away so there is no way to confirm the inheritance. At Gatsby’s funeral, his rugged father attends. His…

exudes opportunity has been a common theme of modern literature, especially during economically booming times in America—like the pre-depression stock market era or the post-Cold War patriotic fervor. Indeed, many people liked to focus on the positives during these times; however, many authors felt the need to expose details of t-hose who could not advance themselves in these times through the forum of fictional novels. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club…

in an attempt to retain that very privilege. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby further inspects this concept of the human condition by conveying the theme, through the important moment of the dinner party at Tom and Daisy’s mansion, that inequality, whether it be a result of social stratification or gender disenfranchisement, causes both those with power and without to dispossess their morality and as a consequence to forfeit valuable human relationships…

am most proud of was the Political, Social, and Economic Change graphic organizer. I spent a great deal of time on it and talked to my grandfather about the cause and effect of the great depression. I was able to fully understand what a stock market crash is and why it happens. I am also proud of my F. Scott and Great Gatsby paper because I researched for hours to understand the meaning of the Great Gatsby, and I have even started reading the book. The part of my project I enjoyed working on…

definition is, “A life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the United States.” At this point in American history, people believed that everything was possible. The American dream played a big role in The Great Gatsby, as it is an exploration of the American dream during a corrupt period of time. During the 1920s, there was corruption and the loss of moral values.…

throughout The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel tells the story of a man named Nick Carraway who moves next door to a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby in West Egg. Gatsby aims to rekindle his relationship with Daisy, who is Nick’s married…

In the famous American tragedy The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald dexterously captures the excesses in the society of the “Roaring twenties”. Behind the obstructed love story of Gatsby and Daisy, the main theme, however, surrounds a much deeper perspective. By positioning the characters as the symbols for the social norm of that time period, Fitzgerald illustrates and criticizes the world where materialism conquers everything, resulting in the false beliefs, twisted human morals and social…