In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby the author uses various literary devices to introduce the reader to life in the 1920’s. Lies and deceit were big in this era of time which is portrayed in the characters of the novel. These traits were seen in many of the main characters of the story such as Gatsby who was a bootlegger and Tom who had another mistress. Another example of this is Daisy who also had an affair. The mentioned characters were all deceitful in their own way. For example Gatsby the new millionaire had fooled everyone telling them he inherited all his money. He had deceived everyone around him while he made money from rum-running also known as bootlegging. Gatsby owned many drugs stores in which people would sell liquor