The Great Gatsby
In The Great Gatsby the author F. Scott Fitzgerald provides a scene of destruction of morals in society. The characters all go beyond their morals to get what they want, showing that their morals are not that important to them. Myrtle Wilson is a energetic woman who lives with her husband George in the 'Valley of Ashes.' They are of the middle class and live above the gas station that George owns. Myrtle wants to be accepted into the upper class and to get there she has an affair with Tom Buchanan. She sacrifices her marriage to George, to get into Tom's world. When Myrtle is confronted about why she married George, if she didn't love him, she says "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman. I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit enough to lick my shoe." Fitzgerald makes it appear that she is pushed around a little bit by Tom, but she will take anything as long as she will be accepted into the upper class. George Wilson is probably the most tragic character in the book. His wife is having an affair right under his nose and he doesn't know about it. Fitzgerald portrays him as being a "slow" p
They want to be accepted into a world that is not theirs, instead of working to get there. "Oh you want too much!" she cried to Gatsby. Right before they were supposed to be married she receives a letter from Gatsby, we never find out what it said but it made Daisy change her mind about marrying Tom. "I did love him once- but I loved you too. They get revenge because they feel that they didn't fulfill there duties. " He turned to us and spoke rapidly. He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive. The soldier, we later find out is Jay Gastby. "I love you now- isn't that enough? I can't help what's past. She decided to marry a man with money instead of the man she truly loves. So he tries to take control of his life, which in the 1920's is having control over what your wife does.
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