What Are The 7 Deadly Sins In The Great Gatsby

Daisy and tom are the main characters of the book. Daisy married tom, but her and gatsby had a mysterious relationship before this. They both were in love with each other, but daisy married tom for the money in my opinion. Tom tries to be something he is not by spreading things about him having money. Money isn’t everything it want buy you happiness. These character tried to be something they aint by cheating, or telling people about what they

In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are no spiritual values in a place where money reigns. The traditional ideas of God and Religion are dead. This is why the bad people don’t always get what they deserve; especially if they’re wealthy. Fitzgerald portrays the wealthy as corrupt, selfish and incompetent. They cause trouble and act like children but they never reap the consequences because of their money.

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, depicts the corrupt lifestyle in the 1920’s. The theme of moral decay is addressed numerous times through out the novel by characters actions and expressions. Narrated by Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby leans you into the unseen area of the jazz age. Published in 1925, Fitzgerald explains how criminal doings, lying, and adultery cause the consistent moral decay through out the novel. Moral decay was first explained by criminal actions as a result of several events that took place.

“I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money’s sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it’s just about a number. It’s never been anything I understood.” This is a quote by Kevin Bacon, a very awesome and apparently worldly actor, and it perfectly captures the essence of the theme that I have come to for The Great Gatsby. The theme I see most strongly reflected in the book is this: Although greed and lust are human nature, they are often used as a substitute for happiness, but almost always lead to decay. I will provide examples of this theme by looking into events and the behavior of characters throughout the plot of the book.

There is not much sincere encouragement of morality, and even at the funeral of Gatsby a reference to God is vague to the point of barely existing in the text. Gatsby himself is his own God, emulating the basis of God's essence: creation. He creates his own world and being to such an extent that rather than being included in the vast expanse of the territory over which the traditional view of "God" is all-powerful, he is "about his Father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty" (104), and is so in his own territory. Likewise, no character has any strong inclination towards a traditional "God," but rather lives in his own perception of the universe.

Always Watching Religion is not a popular topic in the 1920’s. Christianity, in particular, is followed by some individuals but not all. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, religion is not directly talked about, but is indirectly brought up through characters and events. God is never actually seen throughout the novel, but he definitely plays a pivotal role in the happening of events. As one is already aware, God is always watching and judging everything that happens in someone’s life.

He too abandons his morals; illegally earning the money that he believes will win back the heart of his lost love Daisy. When they had a love affair long ago, she wouldn't marry him because of his financial standing. The details of his business are sketchy, when asked he usually ignores the question. Tom though, after some investigating finds the true nature of his profession.

Mr. John Hale was a major leader in the Salem Witch Trials described in The Crucible. When the girls, Betty Paris and Ruth Putnam, first become ill Mr. John Hale is one of the first people Reverend Paris calls. Hale is a good man who is trusted across the nation. Throughout the trials Hale is a good-hearted character and only wants to do what he feels is the right thing is in his heart. Towards the beginning of the play he is set on finding the witches in Salem and freeing the town of all evil. By the end of the play he feels that the trials have gotten out of hand and attempts to end them in various ways. Between these two viewpoints there is a common goal of ultimately saving the town, which is what he feels is the right thing. He shows

Me and my good friends Josh and Daniel volunteered at Salvation Army. Salvation Army is a place that people who don't have houses and can’t afford food or other essentials. They provide homes for homeless people and food for people who have a home but cannot afford food because of house taxes. They also have apartments connected to the food building. We did lots of different things at Salvation Army like we prepared and served meals, washed dishes, mopped the dining room and also cleaned up food. And all the other things we did are on the paper. We actually did everything on the list! The experience there was amazing knowing that I am making a difference in people's lives by serving food and helping clean up around the place, and we also got an opportunity to talk the some of the people around the

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the God is one who does not interfere with what people are doing on Earth. He does care about them, even if they have done wrong, doesn’t try to change them, or their morals. He is described as a “watcher” (Fitzgerald 167). He watches people cause their own destruction but does not do anything about it. The role of God and Religion in Gatsby is evident in the lack of religion among the upper/business class, it’s effect on mortality, and the symbolism of God.

Excessive behavior is seldom a good thing.  The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a love story that takes place during the Roaring Twenties.  Excess frequently leads to unhappiness.  In this novel, Tom’s excessive behavior leads to the unhappiness of himself and other people. Tom’s excessive wealth, carelessness, aggressiveness, and abusiveness lead to the death of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and Jay Gatsby, resulting in unhappiness for Tom as well as everyone involved.

The FDA plays a very prominent role in everyone’s lives whether people realize it or not. The role of the Food and Drug Administration is to put regulations in place in order to keep the population safe from disease, like ones that come from contamination of meat in slaughterhouses. The problem of contamination of meat often originates from a lack of cleanliness in slaughterhouses and stockyards, which is something that stockyards and slaughterhouses lacked much of in the book Devil in the White City.

Tom Buchanan, a crucial character to the events of The Great Gatsby, is how Fitzgerald presents a symbol of greed and immoral acts to the reader, a character whom is corrupted by sin and iniquity. Fitzgerald uses Tom Buchanan, a disloyal and proud character, in order to suggest some of the traits that may cause one to lose their sense of morality.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of a world lost to superficiality and greed. Falsehood and deception are the currency which fuels the characters in the novel. Dwelling in this fallen world, Fitzgerald has placed a fallen god. Gatsby is bathed in descriptions that identify him as the Son of God. Fitzgerald makes a conscious effort to clothe this character with imagery and actions to make him the patron deity of this fallen world, but Gatsby is too much enveloped by his surroundings to save them and is consumed in the attempt. Despite the biblical allusions, strong images and explicit statements identifying Gatsby with Christ, the prevailing tone of the novel prevents him from being a Christ-figure.

Tom's need to be in absolute control is a key part of his personality that helps set the plot into motion. His thirst for power and control is evident early on within the story, the first signs of this being the phone call he gets from his mistress Myrtle. When Myrtle calls, Tom goes to answer her unchallenged, knowing full well that no one will stop him from contacting the very mistress that