The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The moral corruption of American Society
The moral corruption of American Society can go both ways. One way with Tom Buchanan and the other way with the roaring 20's itself. With Tom Buchanan, he has all of this money so he immediately thinks he has all this power over Daisy. Tom has this idea that because he's wealthy, he's better than everyone else, especially Gatsby. His place in society is the tyrant that thinks they have all this authority over people. Because of Tom's wealth, he married Daisy. But, Tom isn't faithful to Daisy at all. He ends up having an affair with Myrtle Wilson (a married woman) instead of staying with Daisy. In the end, he tells Daisy that he may have cheated on her, but he'd always come back to her. With the 20's, society was morally corrupted. The roaring 20's was known as the party age and also very scandalous. In the 1920's there was an alcohol prohibition, so people would make their own and sell it. In the book, Gatsby was notorious for having these extravagant parties. At these parties, everyone would attend and get completely drunk as an act of rebellion towards the alcohol prohibition.
The wealthy vs. the poor
Appearance vs. Reality
The false promise of wealth and materialism
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