Examples Of Materialism In The Great Gatsby
"CARELESSNESS", MORAL CORRUPTION AND MATERIALISM "They were careless people." F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a novel about a man, who tries to make it rich by following the American Dream to pursue the love of his life. Through Gatsby pursuit of the American Dream, Fitzgerald illustrates the themes of "carelessness", moral corruption, and materialism. Fitzgerald uses his depiction of the rich, the easterners, to exemplify the theme of carelessness.
Jordan Baker's instance with the car is an example of the careless theme. While driving with Nick she told him "it takes two to make an accident." Her lack of care describes the moral corruption of the rich. The irony is that "hate(s) careless people", but she is as careless as anyone …show more content…
The car crash at Gatsby's party is done on accident. The accident was an act of carelessness caused by the intoxication of the individuals. The parties are used by Fitzgerald to depict the social gatherings that the high-class individuals attend with no regard for anything or anyone. They live their lives in accordance with materials and have no care for anything except money. And "money makes the money." Tom Buchanan is a rich, east egger, who possesses the same moral corruption and carelessness that all other east eggers possess. Tom Buchanan is a morally corrupted individual from the start of the novel. "Tom's got some woman in New York," who is his mistress. Since Tom is cheating on his wife, Daisy, he can be described as a morally corrupt individual with a lack of care. Tom had always been cheating on Daisy even when his daughter "was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where." Daisy Buchanan, Tom's wife, is a careless individual, who could be characterized a "dumb blonde." Though it mentions that Daisy never drank, on the day before her wedding she was "as drunk as a monkey." The alcohol can be used as a tool of moral corruption. She debated marrying Tom or waiting for Gatsby to return from the war, but her "carelessness" and moral corruption and materialism lead to her marriage of Tom. Her life, from then on, was nothing more than a life of a materialism and
Jordan Baker's instance with the car is an example of the careless theme. While driving with Nick she told him "it takes two to make an accident." Her lack of care describes the moral corruption of the rich. The irony is that "hate(s) careless people", but she is as careless as anyone …show more content…
The car crash at Gatsby's party is done on accident. The accident was an act of carelessness caused by the intoxication of the individuals. The parties are used by Fitzgerald to depict the social gatherings that the high-class individuals attend with no regard for anything or anyone. They live their lives in accordance with materials and have no care for anything except money. And "money makes the money." Tom Buchanan is a rich, east egger, who possesses the same moral corruption and carelessness that all other east eggers possess. Tom Buchanan is a morally corrupted individual from the start of the novel. "Tom's got some woman in New York," who is his mistress. Since Tom is cheating on his wife, Daisy, he can be described as a morally corrupt individual with a lack of care. Tom had always been cheating on Daisy even when his daughter "was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where." Daisy Buchanan, Tom's wife, is a careless individual, who could be characterized a "dumb blonde." Though it mentions that Daisy never drank, on the day before her wedding she was "as drunk as a monkey." The alcohol can be used as a tool of moral corruption. She debated marrying Tom or waiting for Gatsby to return from the war, but her "carelessness" and moral corruption and materialism lead to her marriage of Tom. Her life, from then on, was nothing more than a life of a materialism and