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The Great Gatsby Immoral Quotes

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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the central figure, Gatsby, is a very puzzling character. In the beginning of the novel he is depicted as this mysterious man with great wealth, who throws extravagant parties. No one really knows who he is or how he got his money. Rumors circulate leading people to think he’s a spy or a killer, but every rumor poses him as some secretive character. Because of the many scenes depicting the different aspects and motives of his lifestyle, it is hard for the reader to decipher whether he is a moral or amoral character. While the means he used to obtain his fortune may be considered amoral by some, his motives and overall demeanor make him a moral character. In the novel, it is assumed that Gatsby achieves …show more content…

The reader learns about Gatsby’s illegal connections when Gatsby takes Nick, a prominent character in the novel, to a speakeasy to meet his friend Wolfsheim. Wolfsheim is is gambler, who supposedly fixed the 1919 baseball world series, which is without a doubt, very illegal. While Nick and Gatsby are talking to Wolfsheim, Wolfsheim thinks Nick is a potential business partner that Gatsby was supposed to bring to him. This slip up by Wolfsheim shows the reader that Gatsby engages in business with Wolfsheim, which allows one to draw the conclusion that Gatsby also achieved his wealth through illegal means. Previous to this Gatsby said his fortune was passed down through his family but we learn from Jordan, a friend of Nick’s, that a couple of years ago Gatsby was in love with Daisy, a pretty girl with a high societal status, but she did not wait to marry him …show more content…

The numerous extravagant parties he threw were all in hopes that she would show up. Throughout the numerous parties Gatsby never once partied with the other guests. He never drank with the other guests or engaged in any immoral activities, he just watched from a distance and waited for Daisy. In argument for his immoral ways of obtaining wealth, the only reason he tried to become very wealthy was so Daisy would believe that he could support her. There is very little argument for whether it is moral or not to get between someone’s marriage although he truly loved Daisy and it was not just for pleasure. Another example of his moral character is when Daisy hits Myrtle, a minor character in the book, and he ready to take the blame for her, if she were to be blamed. This is even after they realize that they were not going to be able to get back

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Chapter 7 Wealth/money/morality This quote shows that Tom is a racist. Knowing that this book was from the 1900s, we can guess its mood and how the situation goes. Since it shows that Tom is racist maybe this can show something that is related to Tom saying about other people. Understanding Gatsby is telling Tom that Daisy doesn’t like Tom.

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“The Great Gatsby” Chapter III modern quotes connections The book’s narrator – Nick, first meets the person after whom the book is named in the third chapter, after he is invited to visit Gatsby’s “little party” his neighbor’s butler. Nick is unique in this case, as people usually come to Gatsby’s without an invitation. They come, and treat his house as some public space, created to serve a single purpose – host the largest parties on the Long Island. At Gatsby’s people do not bother checking in with the host by saying hello and introducing themselves, they simply come and go as they please.

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Gatsby puts on a facade and tells everyone that he inherited his money, but in reality Gatsby has other means by which he earns his money for the sake of Daisy. He stoops to a level that shows that he has no care for his morals and he will go to any extent if it means making Daisy happy and earning money. He commits multiple crimes including buying “side-street drug-stores in Chicago and [selling] grain alcohol over the counter” (Fitzgerald 133). He doesn’t care about getting in trouble with the law because he is no longer living for himself, and it seems like he is only living for Daisy, who embodies the wealthy lifestyle Gatsby has wanted his whole life. Gatsby got rich out of a sense of “desperation and crazy hopefulness, out of refusing to get over a broken heart and give up the love of his life” (Voegeli).

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Tristan DeLucia Miss Katz Honors English 2 18 January 2023 Shoot For The Stars: The Importance of the American Dream The American Dream is an elusive goal that many strive to achieve, from Gatsby to Havarrd students the chase for success is constant. The term American Dream is thrown around all the time nowadays but it was actually first invented by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his most iconic novel. The Great Gatsby (1921) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel about a young man who moves to West Egg, NY, named Nick. He has an extravagant neighbor named Gasby who hosts large parties in hopes of attracting a girl Daisy who happens to be Nick's cousin.

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Gatsby Vs. Janie Rough Draft Janie and Gatsby spent long portions of their life trying and trying again to get closer to their dream of spending their life with the perfect person to live the perfect life. Janie got closer because unlike Gatsby, who never got to spend more than a day with Daisy, Janie took the chance of complete failure by running away with an almost complete stranger just so she could live the rest of her life how she had hoped that it would've gone when she envisioned it. In the book Gatsby portrays himself as being someone who has a long line of family that has lived in wealth with high levels of education and success.

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I’m writing about The story The Great Gatsby(Fitzgerald) and it is primarily chaotic and spends most of its time talking about arguments and fights, however, some portions of the story are peaceful and have little to no fighting. The calm quotes were chosen because they contrast with the rest of the book and stand out to the reader more. The first quote is “air of breathless intensity”(112pdf) referring to Daisy during Gatsbys time at Camp Taylor and is used to describe her as a nice girl. However, not connected in the story all of these quotes are used to show a calm atmosphere in the book.

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Jay Gatsby lives his life through corruption, devotion, and his resolve to control. Gatsby has a firm devotion for things and people he desires; he feels that if he achieves material wealth, he can live a countless life. Gatsby corrupts himself due to his yearning for social status and wealth, as Nick says; “his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents” (104). The idea of his imagination not accepting his parents shows his yearning for wealth.

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Gatsby’s selflessness is shown on page 78 when Jordan Baker tell Nick “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay”. This goes to show that Gatsby only bought his lavish house just so he could be next to Daisy. He only got rich to be with Daisy because on page 149 he lied to lead her to believe that he was from

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Gatsby’s Whimsical Character F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, New Jersey, to a middle class family in 1896. Fitzgerald attended private school in New Jersey as well as Princeton. Before he could graduate from Princeton, WWI had begun and Fitzgerald joins shortly after.

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“He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn’t far wrong.” In this paragraph Tom revealed Gatsby’s crime saying that Gatsby was doing illegal stuff, such as drugs and alcohol to make money. Gatsby is trying to become rich faster so he can be with Daisy because since her parents would rather have Daisy marry a rich man.

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Characters throughout The Great Gatsby present themselves with mysterious and questionable morals. Affairs, dishonest morals, criminal professions, weak boundaries and hypocritical views are all examples of immorality portrayed in The Great Gatsby. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, lies and mischief fill the lives of many and significantly damage numerous relationships. First, Jay Gatsby's whole life is consumed into a massive lie. His personality traits set him apart from others and the attention he accumulates motivates him to falsely portray his life.

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