Examples Of Lying In The Great Gatsby

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Lying to yourself or others no matter the intent will result negatively In the novel The Great Gatsby we see that when we lie too our selves and dont face reality we only end up getting hurt in the end. Grasby was a man with a dream but that dream could only ever be a dream, Fitzgerald wrote “Cant repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of coures you can!”(116)Gastbys idea of daisy and his life with her is entirely based off a short persiod of time that he had to spend with her. Nick repededly tires to tell Gastby, that Daisy isnt the same as when Gastby last saw her, but he doesnt want to hear it so he convinces himself that he will change that past but he know he cant, when nick describes him “he looked around wildly, as if the …show more content…

Te curiclbe tells the story of a town in caous, this chous starting from one simple lie, John Proctor tried his hardest to call out the lye but it only backired. He brought Marry Warren to the court to tell the truth, but when se felt threated she said” Dont touch me-dont touh me! At which thte girls halt at the door. Proctor: astonished: Mary! Marry Warren: Ill not hang with you! I rlove God, I love God [...] My name, he wants my name.” Tryig to protect herslef she put more people in touble, when is a situation its better to taint ones name than to hurt the multitude. In a didfrent situation, Tom Buchanan Lied to protect his name “ What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust in your eyes just like he did in Daisys, but he was a though one. He ran over Myrtle like you’d run over a dog and never even stopped his car” Tom Know that it was actually daisy drivning the car; not Gatsby , but he told wilson that it was Gatsby so that he wouldnt loose Daisy, not beacuse he loved Diasy but becsue he didnt want to loose conrol over his life. Beause of his actions Gatsby was murdderd, we see that selfhisly lying, caused pain and suffering for more people that it would have if the truth was