Power And Corruption In The Great Gatsby

Power and Corruption

Throughout history, society has dictated the relations between people and culture. There are generated issues that constantly affect people in negative ways. In the text, 1984 by George Orwell and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, discusses how society completely destroys people. The main characters of the novels, Winston and Gatsby fall under the conformities of society. Both of them fall under the spell of society and themselves in the process. They become society’s puppets and do exactly what is expected of them. The submission to society’s demands through the use of power and encounters of the corruption, reflects the issues that take place in society.

The chances of having a love interest is not impossible

in novels, but the likely hood of both them being destruction in the protagonist’s life was what both text had in common. When looking at Gatsby, he reunites with Daisy, a past lover, which rekindles emotions that were one a distance thought. Gatsby knew “that when he kissed the girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again” (Fitzgerald,). Reader will imply his relationships limit his ambitions. Although explained quite ambiguously, readers are able to capture Gatsby’s devotion to Daisy. In 1984, quite the contrary to Gatsby, Winston meets a women, originally to start a sexual relationship, he “wanted [a] room for the purpose for a love affair” (Orwell, pg 137) He does end up falling for the lovely woman. Although both men are head over heels for their women, they are also the one’s responsible for the chaos caused to the men. Daisy was extremely toxic for Gatsby. She distracted him from life in general and had him hooked on her finger. This women, by cheating on her husband for Gatsby, eventually lead to the death of Gatsby. In 1984, loving Julia was the reason the integration force was able to break Winston down and push him to betray his Julia and submit to the rules of how world.
Illusion is also another common theme that reoccurs in the text. The loss of culture is clear in both novels, and show in which directions the world has developed. In 1984, the party of the big brother is able to completely deconstruct the past and make it into their reality. Even the year 1984 seems like an infinite year that has not started recently, nor is ending anytime soon. The years of literature and art had been replaced with
Being controlled by a higher power prevented Gatsby and Winston from resisting the stereotypes of their world.

In The Great Gatsby this concept of ‘The American Dream’ is established, originally to get equity and freedom, but in Gatsby’s world this dream is to get rich as possible. This drives people to push their limits to get such impossible goals. However, in 1984, the supreme power is much more extreme. The leader known as the ‘Big Brother’ is the face of the nation and controls everything. There are 5 ministries that control everything and Winston happens to work for the Ministry of love. This section controls what society approves of and what is frowned upon in social laws and love. Although different situation for the men, they both have to deal with the pressures of following what the rest of society is doing in fear they may be judged for their actions. With the use of being superior in both novels, the issue of too much power is shown and results in negative outcomes. Winston ends up submitting to the ways of society and declares her “loves big brother” (Orwell,). To have such a resilience from Winston only to end up having him crack, proves the power of a controlled society. Having just Winston admit “2+2=4” shocked readers because people tend to underestimate the obedience of people when put into their worst

nightmare.
As people dominate the world through its supremacy and corrupt concepts results into the obedience of the rest of society follows as well. There are many people whom many of original seemed innocent, but in the long run, been someone who should have been disposed of from the start. The use of an illusion creates a false security, and lets others assume everything is as is seems, when in reality is not the case. Having a higher power control other in general is always going to happen, but absolute power given to the wrong people can cause many problems for the locals. As society is dictated over that current trends and statements made by the people everyone ‘admires’, it is vital to think if following along is worth the unclear damage that is still yet to come.