Dishonesty In The Great Gatsby And Ray Bradbury's F

Honesty’s Effects Honesty can be a major factor determining one’s future. A criminal’s sentence is almost solely based on honesty. A family’s relationship is often built on a foundation of honesty. In the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the theme of honesty affects the characters mostly negatively but also occasionally positively through the lies and truths they tell and the secrets they hide. In The Great Gatsby, the characters are negatively affected by honesty. This is prominently shown through Gatsby and Tom but it can also be shown through Nick and Daisy. All throughout the novel Gatsby pulls off one of the most lie-filled lives possible. This lack of honesty seems to have little effect on him in the beginning of the book but could be a cause of his death at the end. Although his enormous wealth is not questioned by his friends, Fitzgerald often hints to the illegal ways Gatsby

This dishonesty comes in the form of propaganda. Propaganda is used throughout the book to try to eliminate all books on the planet. The government tries to brainwash society in order to try and make books look like an awful thing. The government in Fahrenheit 451 used “Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure.” (Bradbury 55) to make it’s people believe the lie they were telling. This lie discouraged citizens to be creative and ask questions by form of banning books. This propaganda turned out to be very successful resulting in the majority of the population believing this lie. Few recognize this brainwash and strive to keep the last threads of books known to the universe alive and protected. The lies the government tells negatively affects society because it forces them to stop being creative and stop reading books which results in a society oblivious to the events happening around