The Great Gatsby: Is Gatsby Moral?

The Great Gatsby is a story written by Scott Fitzgerald. It is a story about a twisted love affair among the main characters, daisy and Gatsby. The author though his characters shows how striving for wealth defined individuals dreams. Moreover, the story revolves around a pursuit of happiness for the protagonist. This story represents characters who fail to learn from their past experiences and mistakes. The characters in this book are static, starting with Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, and Nick. In the Great Gatsby, the characters do not change their morals or their personalities, however, a few who changes is because of the situations they are forced to go through. The Great Gatsby is not moral because the characters are static. All the characters in the Great Gatsby are immoral since none engages in positive actions or behaviors.

Throughout the novel, the characters do not change their ways because they fail to see past what they possess as in wealth. In addition, they fail to learn from a number of mistakes they have committed in their lives, and everything that surrounds them. Daisy was responsible for Myrtle Wilson’s death, she is seen having an emotional reaction, but she remains the same with no change about her actions. This shows that the character is not moral because, if a person kills another person, he/she will be affected emotionally and would want to change and become a better person. However, for the case of Daisy, she does not show any serious emotional reactions after she ran off Myrtle. Morally, people learn from their mistakes and make sure that they do not commit the same mistakes gain, but in the Great Gatsby, the characters including Daisy do not change, learn from, or regret making their mis...

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... she failed to accept the reality. Therefore, nothing good came out of the characters in the Great Gatsby because, they were unable to undergo change and do what is morally right.

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