Morality Throughout The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Morality Throughout The Great Gatsby Morality is a common theme among many of the greatest and most renowned novels; The Great Gatsby is no different. It has many different themes and messages throughout the story, but morality is one of the most important. Throughout the plot we meet many different characters. The theme of morality is greatly portrayed through each of the main characters in the story. However, it isn’t necessarily the morality that is portrayed through these characters, but rather the immorality. The Great Gatsby is a story about a group of people in the wealthy, upper class in New York. The characters are consumed by the wealth and materialism in the community. This materialistic nature leads to other immoral behaviors
He is known to most as Gatsby. Gatsby is living a very luxurious and lavish lifestyle. In the beginning of the book, we learn that Gatsby frequently hosts elite parties for all of the rich folk in the area. To an outsider, it seems as though Gatsby lives a very nice and desirable life. He has many reasons to be happy, but we soon learn that all of the money in the world can’t make him completely happy. Gatsby believes that he can win over the women in his life through money. Gatsby shows immoral behavior because he is striving to develop a relationship with a married woman. He is in love with her and is trying to win her over even though she is in love with her husband. The ways in which he tries to win her over also show some of Gatsby’s immoral behavior. It shows some of the materialism of this time because he is trying to make the girl, Daisy, fall in love with him by buying her nice things and showing off his own riches. This turns out poorly for Gatsby in the long run because she does not fall in love with him even though she is all that he truly wants. Infidelity and materialism are just two of the immoral behaviors that Gatsby portrays in this
These two characters are good friends of Jay Gatsby. They are married, but they have many problems with their marriage and with many other events in their lives. Tom is very dishonest and self centered, and Daisy is extremely shallow and small-minded. Just as Gatsby’s life, their true feelings for each other and for others are covered up by the money and riches in their lives. They also seem to be well-off and happy, but they have many immoral behaviors that lead them to unhappiness. In the first chapter of the book, the reader finds out that Tom is blatantly cheating on Daisy with a girl from rural New York. When Tom takes Nick to meet this girl, the reader learns that the woman’s name is Myrtle, and she is also married. Tom treats Myrtle better than he treats his own wife. He gives her a puppy and it seems as though they love each other more than they love their own spouses. Even though Tom is the one who is cheating on Daisy, he isn’t the only one with immoral behavior. Daisy also has many traits of immorality. She basically cheats on Tom with Gatsby. It is clear in many of the chapters that she and Gatsby have some type of chemistry between them, and although nothing really happens, Daisy still shares many heart-to-hearts with Gatsby. Also, Daisy performs the wickedest act in the entire novel; she murders her husband’s lover, Myrtle. Not only does she kill Myrtle, but in order to keep herself safe,