Why Is Jay Gatsby Wrong

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Jay Gatsby is a morally corrupt figure that should be watched. He is a dangerous and manipulative man that you should distance yourself from. As the story unfolds, we learn that Gatsby is a bootlegger who makes his money illegally. This was shown when Tom said, “I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him and I wasn’t far off” (Fitzgerald 143). Even when accused Gatsby doesn’t try to oppose Tom’s remark, he just goes more in detail about how he has “helped” people make money when they needed it. Also, the book doesn’t go much into detail about who Gatsby is. The author only tells us small sections of Gatsby's life and even then there is no way to tell if they are true, especially when it’s from Gatsby’s perspective. All the people

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