Examples Of Carelessness In The Great Gatsby

The Roaring Twenties happened during the 1920s. It is called the Roaring Twenties because of the ebullient social culture during that time. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is written during the Roaring Twenties. Nick, who is the narrator of the novel, is Gatsby’s neighbor. When Gatsby throws parties, most of the people who come are not invited. Gatsby, who is jealous of Tom’s relationship with Daisy, is trying to get Daisy to leave Tom to be with him. Gatsby is later murdered, and only a few people show up for his funeral. Fitzgerald uses the carelessness of the upper class to convey the theme that the upper class is distracted by their money and this leads them to become careless.
Gatsby being stuck in the past leads to his carelessness. When Gatsby throws parties, he wastes his money. This shows his carelessness. Gatsby wastes tons of money just to try and have Daisy come to one of his parties. When Daisy finally came to one of his parties, she did not even like it. This shows that after Gatsby’s hard work, the spending spree on parties does not pay off. This shows his carelessness to money. When Daisy married Tom, Gatsby knew he had to make

Only one person, Owl Eyes, show up to his funeral that was a party goer. This shows the carelessness of the upper class because the party goers just used Gatsby, and did not care about him. One of his closest friends, Meyer Wolfsheim, did not show up because Wolfsheim did not want to be with someone who got killed. Klipspringer who lives with Gatsby takes advantage of him, and does not even go to the funeral. Instead, Klipspringer asks Nick to send tennis shoes that he left. Nick hangs up on Klipspringer right after. After Nick hangs up, he says “After that I felt a certain shame for Gatsby---one gentleman to whom I telephoned implied that he got what he deserved”(169). Fitzgerald writes this to show that the upper class can use Gatsby one more