expansion in economy and technology invention. It brought Americans more opportunities to get rich and a modern way of living. The era was also remarked by the decay of society’s moral during the Prohibition period. Fitzgerald describes this moral decadence through his famous work‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by portraying the infamous bootlegger‚ Jay Gatsby. Prohibition was a period during the Roaring Twenties in which the government banned all of the sales‚ production and transportation of alcohol through the
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F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the honest and moral narrator‚ Nick Carraway to portray the many immoral people and their corruption of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby. Many of the characters in The Great Gatsby are materialistic‚ as they try to satisfy their materialism by doing immoral things. Nick‚ who is slow to judge‚ shows the reader the significant contrast between his ‘American Dream’ and how the other characters have corrupted ‘American Dream’. Nick is one of the many characters in this
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The Moral Lens of The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald creates a world full of lessons in morality in his novel The Great Gatsby‚ with a character list featuring two or more people who embezzle‚ forge or steal to make money‚ three people having romantic affairs‚ and a few murderers. Throughout Fitzgerald’s novel he employs many concepts pertaining to the justification of these immoral acts and the way that it is seen from the perspective of the character committing the moral crime. His protagonist
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The Great Gatsby: The Destruction of Morals In The Great Gatsby‚ the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the destruction of morals in society. The characters in this novel‚ all lose their morals in attempt to find their desired place in the social world. They trade their beliefs for the hope of being acceptance. Myrtle believes she can scorn her true social class in an attempt to be accepted into Ton’s‚ Jay Gatsby who bases his whole life on buying love with wealth‚ and Daisy‚ who instead of marrying
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An Analysis of Morals within The Great Gatsby Following the end of World War I‚ the citizens of the United States began to experience the transition from a war-effort focus to an artistic‚ cultural and capitalistic-driven society. The increasing rise of new capitalists establishes new social classes that not only define the identity of risk-taking entrepreneurs in the Roaring Twenties‚ but also contributes to an even greater divide between the traditional of-the-earth working class citizens and their
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see the bright lights and follow. This moth simile is important in describing the characters’ nature. Neither Gatsby nor his guests feel obligated to accept responsibility; they are depicted running wild in the bay‚ relaxing on the sand‚ and partying nearly every night. Such careless actions represent feelings of superiority brought by their wealth that eventually leads to their moral demise. The ability to bask in one’s wealth rather than using time to earn money or status allows more time to
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Moral Responsibility in Gatsby Bang! Gatsby’s dead! George Wilson shot Gatsby! However‚ who is morally responsible for killing Gatsby? The obvious answer would be George since he pulled the trigger. However‚ it is clear‚ if for no other reason than for the unimportance of George in the book‚ that others were also partly responsible. In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Tom‚ Daisy‚ and George are morally responsible for the death of Gatsby. Tom‚ because of his tattling on Gatsby‚ can be
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What Leads To Macbeth’s Moral Decay? Soliloquy‚ or the act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud‚ is the subject to which this question is being answered. In Acts 1 to 3 of Macbeth‚ the character Macbeth speaks of three particular soliloquy’s in which his moral and nature both move from a high ranking position into a continually falling characteristic of heroic decay. In Act 1 scene 7 Macbeth highlights‚ in his first soliloquy‚ the issues of committing the crime of murder and how it teaches others
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Moral Decay Paul L. Fuentes We Filipinos are very sensible. Look how the recent putsch was lambasted in the newspaper. Lettersfrom the readers swarmed indicating that we cannot tolerate the cowardly and senseless killing of soldiers and civilians‚ wasted ammunitions‚ and budding economyagain jeopardized. We condemn the former regime‚ its havoc upon our lives. We condemn graft and corruption‚ so rampant; we condemn the violation of human rights allegedly committed against the leader of Alliance
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Through the decades‚ the personal values of a person have been influenced by the time. Whether that person is 8 or 38‚ they are influenced by their surroundings dramatically. In the 1920’s‚ money and status were two things that influenced what one did. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is set in the 1920’s‚ during a time of prohibition. Many of Fitzgerald’s character are rebellious of the prohibition and they can get around the law a bit easier because they have money. The theme of
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