Examples Of Carelessness In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald deals with death and decay throughout the entirety of the novel. The destruction of many things is more often than not prompted by a sense of carelessness. The people of the East Egg in particular, exhibit the most carelessness in all of their actions regardless of who or what they are hurting. Objects and people alike are both treated with the same amount of negligence and inattentiveness. The people of the East Egg have overwhelming wealth and power, which leads them to act carelessly towards their relationships, several people and items. The carelessness of the East Egger’s often gets them into trouble when it comes to relationships because of their superior attitudes towards the people because their superior attitudes. Most of the East

Daisy is careless with her relationship with Tom, showing off her new relationship with Gatsby by, “[telling] him that she loved [Gatsby],” thus leaving Tom “astounded,” and began to view Daisy as “someone he knew a long time ago (119).” While Tom and Daisy have a very complicated relationship neither is discreet about their unfaithfulness, and the carelessness that takes place because of their indiscretion indicates the tension and destruction of their relationship. This carelessness is a newfound sense of destruction in their relationship because Daisy never previously displayed a total ignorance and blatancy with Gatsby, unlike Tom and his many suitors, and this makes Tom see Daisy as a person he once knew. Once Daisy has the opportunity to cheat on Tom, she takes it and is careless both in the way she treats Tom and how blatant she is about the act. Tom and Daisy are not the only people from East Egg who display carelessness in their relationships with others. Similar to Daisy, one man stands in front of his with the same