Betrayal In Gatsby

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In The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald written during the 1920’s, Fitzgerald presents a classic tale of infinite love and betrayal. The story is told by one of the main characters Nick Carraway. Back in the war days a young Jay Gatsby meets Daisy, he left for the war and vowed to never stop loving her. Years later of out coincidence Nick (Daisy’s cousin) ,moves right next door to Mr. Gatsby. Gatsby soon realizes the kinship between Nick and Daisy and becomes very close friends to Nick. Gatsby himself is a very mysterious man,with so many rumors about him going around nobody really knows how Gatsby became rich or where exactly he even came from. One thing is for certain though, the extravagant house and the expensive cars he drives …show more content…

In the book the newly rich are seen as people lacking in social graces and taste. For example in chapter 7, Gatsby is driving a flashy bright yellow car while Tom is driving is an elegant navy blue coupé. Nick and Gatsby both posses something that is not seen in any other characters, morals and actually having a heart. For example when Myrtle was killed it was Daisy who was driving the car, Gatsby was afraid Tom was going to hurt her so he stayed outside of her house until four in the morning .Ironically Gatsby’s tender and loving heart is what gets him killed in the moraless, conniving world that he lived in, after taking the blame for killing Myrtle.Gatsby’s fate was tragic, all he wanted was Daisy’s love but she was too caught up in herself to realize how much damage she had actually done.Gatsby’s death represented the death of In chapter 3 Nick says “I am one of the few honest people that i have ever known” (Fitzgerald 59). Throughout the book that claim is proven true, all of the characters had lied about something except Nick. Gatsby lied about how he actually became rich, Daisy lied to Tom assuring him that she had no interest in Gatsby , and Tom lied about having an affair. Those are just a few of the dozens examples throughout the entire novel. When Gatsby was murdered the only man that stood by him was Nick. …show more content…

The addictive consumption of being rich or trying to be rich is what makes this book reflect what the 1920s was really all about. From the Valley of Ashes all the way to the elite East egg, Fitzgerald gives a realistic insight of how he perceived the world to be at the time.“The materialism of the East creates the tragedy of destruction, dishonesty, and fear. No values exist in such an environment” (Telgen 71). Fitzgerald created all these locations to show just how different every social class was. The West Eggers are distasteful always buying flashy things to show off while the East Eggers are sophisticated and classy. The Valley of ashes is where the poorest people in the book live, Fitzgerald’s description makes it this gray town where ash is everywhere and the men there are dirty and repulsive. Lasty, the most corrupted place in the book where the prostitutes linger around and mobsters have control over everything, New york city. Understanding the huge social division in this book is important because of the significance of actual occurrences in history, since the 1920s America has come a long

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