Examples Of The Seven Deadly Sins In The Great Gatsby

Wrath, envy, lust, greed, pride, gluttony, sloth. All seven of the deadly sins can be seen in the book The Great Gatsby. Lust, pride and gluttony are three of the more relevant sins displayed in the novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald had a hard time settling on the title for his book The Great Gatsby. Many readers mistake The Great Gatsby for a story about love; where really, it is more of a journal documenting the lives of a group of people who can’t stop themselves from over indulging in self righteousness and what they believe to be love. As taking part in the seven deadly sins is not seen to be a “great” thing in the world, the title The “Great” Gatsby is unfitting. Therefore, the title should’ve been “Pride and Glutenous”. Though The Great

Making themselves offenders of not only one deadly sin, lust, but pride as well. A majority of the characters in The Great Gatsby are very self righteous in the way that they hold their pride: viewing themselves to be better than others. Tom Buchanan holds a specific white pride, displayed on page 13 of the novel, when he says that, “if we don't look out the white race will be-- will be utterly submerged.” Tom Buchanan’s racism is not only seen here but several other times in the book. He reaches two different kinds of evil through this, not only by breaking one of the seven deadly sins, but also by being a priggish bigot. Another culprit of disobeying the seven deadly sins, is Jay Gatsby (or James Gatz) himself. All throughout the book, Gatsby is rather prideful in his presentation of his home. With putting it on display at all of his extravagant parties and with his not so subtle “cocky” tone when discussing it with other characters. This tone is evident with Nick. Gatsby starts with saying how he was just standing in his yard, “glancing into some of the rooms,” (Page 81), just admiring the beauty of the house; and he finishes with lecturing Nick on how he “want[s] to get the grass cut,” (Page 82), because he doesn’t see the long blades of grass appropriate for the presentation of Nick’s home to others. Gatsby’s (frankly obnoxious) pride interferes with not only his life, but is