Corruption In The Great Gatsby

Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the character of Daisy Buchanan undergoes many noticeable changes. Daisy is a symbol of wealth and of promises broken. She is a character we grow to feel sorry for but probably should not.

The Great Gatsby, and it gives us an insight into the gender roles of past WW1 America. Throughout the novel, women are portrayed in a very negative light. The author’s presentation of women is unflattering and unsympathetic. The women are not described with depth. When given their description, Fitzgerald appeals to their voice, “ she had a voice full of money”, their looks “her face was lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes, and a bright passionate mouth”, and the way in which they behave, “ ’They’re such beautiful shirts’ she sobbed”, rather than their feelings or emotions, for example, Daisy is incapable of genuine affection, however she is aimlessly flirtatious.

As a society, America has created certain ideas and stereotypes of each class including the citizens within them. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses around the superficial communities of West and East Egg, and their misconceptions of one another. The citizens of East Egg, such as Daisy and Tom Buchanan, frown upon the up-and-coming men of West Egg. This includes Gatsby, who dreams of the riches they take for granted. Gatsby, who obtains his money through dishonest means appears villainous, unsuccessfully attempting to join the wealthy and elite society of East egg. However, there may be more to Gatsby's story. As Nick, the narrator, says he is “worth the whole damn bunch put together”(154). Through his descriptions and comparison of Tom’s house and Gatsby’s house, Fitzgerald reveals the true nature of the two men. While Gatsby appears to be morally corrupt, in the end he actually has pure intentions, instead it is Tom who emits negativity and is ungrateful for his life.

In the age of the 'Roaring '20s', corrupt minds plagued the society of New York's elite and wealthy. In Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", Daisy Buchanan serves as a prime example of living the bourgeois lifestyle that ignored moral values. By blindly treading back and forth over the boundary separating morally wrong and innocently justified, Daisy's actions can be depicted as a person of an indecisive mind. By loving two men, and committing a murder, she exhibits the prime traits of a criminal- but by attempting to escape her blatantly sinister husband, Daisy innocently reaches for the lustful romance she yearns. In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Daisy Buchanan as morally ambiguous through her speech, actions, and relationships with others.

During the time in our country's history called the roaring twenties, society had a new obsession, money. Just shortly after the great depression, people's focus now fell on wealth and success in the economic realm. Many Americans would stop at nothing to become rich and money was the new factor in separation of classes within society. Wealth was a direct reflection of how successful a person really was and now became what many people strived to be, to be rich. Wealth became the new stable in the "American dream" that people yearned and chased after all their lives. In the novel entitled the great Gatsby, the ideals of the so

Often when thinking of symbolism, people and actions are thought of first. Guilt now a days leads to corruption, whether it is guilt for what has happened in the past, present or what is wished to happen. Guilt is all over the world; Corruption is all over the world. Tim O’Brien author of The Things They Carried, takes the reader to the Vietnam War, on his life travels during and after the war. F. Scott Fitzgerald author of The Great Gatsby, takes readers to the Roaring Twenties to see the life of different social classes and the problems that may come along when they all come together.

Due to her fixation on feminine perfection, she is unable to think of her daughter as anything else than a doll to represent femininity. She has no hope for her daughter, Pammy. Daisy anticipates Pammy will be a fool like her. Daisy doesn't care what Pammy thinks or wants, and she doesn't want her to accomplish anything either. Instead, she simply wants her to be another idealized feminine figure.

This written task is inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald depicts the 1920s as an era of rotted social and moral values: greed, superficiality, corruption, and the never-ending quest for pleasure, through the love of Gatsby for Daisy. The reckless elation of Gatsby’s actions to gain Daisy back is evidenced by his illegally pursued wealth, lavish parties, opulent mansion, and myriads of domestic staff. The failure of the American dream is epitomized by this obsessive need of achieving a “dream” by surpassing more noble intents.

The American Dream The American Dream and its initial status as a symbol of a better life,success and freedom is blurred into a symbol of getting rich and having material possessions. This ideal dream is essentially corrupt. In the 1920s, everyone's social values also contributed to the corruption of the “American Dream”. Tom and Nick symbolize the American dream. Gatsby symbolizes a corrupt dream: his wealth is a solution to his problems and his incorruptible love for Daisy.

Why do we often look up to the higher class? Why do we crave the fabulous lifestyles of the wealthy and famous? Murder, cheating, gambling and wild parties are just some examples of what went on in The Great Gatsby. First of all, the rich were also criminals and may have gotten their endless money in illegal matters. Secondly, most all of the rich characters shown throughout the book were unfaithful to his or her spouse. Thirdly, the wealthy were lavishly wasteful and did not seem to care about others. Finally, a character that expresses immorality the most is Tom Buchanan. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, his intentions were for people to learn to know that being rich or the hunger for money can lead to the immoral actions including some

for a woman; the best she can do is hope to survive and the best way

"All right I said, 'I'm glad it’s a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'" (Fitzgerald,17). This quote shows that in Daisy mind the best way for her daughter to succeed in life is to be beautiful to draw the attention of men. “(I’ve heard it said that Daisy’s murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming.) This quote explains that Daisy has found a way to draw people closer because she speaks very quietly. Daisy has many interactions with men throughout the novel that shows just how much influence she has over them.

The wealthy in the late 20’s was corrupt and selfish. In the Great Gatsby the upper class is shown as corruptive. The people in the upper class such as Tom and Daisy don’t really care about their actions because they feel invincible due to their amount of money and the power they have. Fitzgerald illustrates the corruption in the way upper class is care-less about their behavior.

Daisy, like her husband, is a girl of material and class at heart, and Gatsby being her escape from a hierarchist world. Daisy has just grown up knowing wealth, so in her greedy pursuit of happiness and the “American Dream” Myrtle Wilson died, Gatsby's heart and life were compromised, without claiming responsibility on her part. Daisy was “by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville...” (116) Jordan says, describing early affections between Daisy and Gatsby. She goes on to say, “...all day long the telephone rang in her house and excited young officers from Camp Taylor demanded the privilege of monopolizing her that night.” (116) . Daisy was a fancied girl who has Gatsby tied around her finger, Jordan explains that he was looking at Daisy “...in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time...” (117). Daisy, abusing Gatsby’s love for her uses it to create security and protection, greedily and selfishly allowing him to take the fault. While Daisy’s beautiful, alluring traits turn her into an innocent, naive flower, she plays the ultimate villain.

The Great Gatsby is considered to be a great American novel full of hope, deceit, wealth, and love. Daisy Buchanan is a beautiful and charming young woman who can steal a man’s attention through a mere glance. Throughout the novel, she is placed on a pedestal, as if her every wish were Gatsby’s command. Her inner beauty and grace are short-lived, however, as Scott Fitzgerald reveals her materialistic character. Her reprehensible activities lead to devastating consequences that affect the lives of every character. I intend to show that Daisy, careless and self-absorbed, was never worthy of Jay Gatsby’s love, for she was the very cause of his death.