The novel, The Great Gatsby, is a classic display of moral values. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896. Fitzgerald was a romanticist from the day he was born. He was obsessed with achieving wealth partially due to his upbringing in his neighborhood. He grew up in one of the richest neighborhoods in the country, but he lived in a fairly small house unlike the others. He always tried to fit in with the wealthiest people and stereotypical attitudes they possessed. He attended Princeton University in an effort to do so, but later failed out. Fitzgerald died in 1944 still a romanticist. The Great Gatsby's character Nick Carroway moves to West Egg, New York in search for riches in the bond business. His neighbor, Jay Gatsby, is a very wealthy man who throws extremely decadent parties every Saturday night. As the story goes on, Gatsby confesses to being in love with Daisy Buchanan who is married to Tom Buchanan and also a very wealthy couple. Tom becomes conspicuous of Daisy and Gatsby after they spend frequent time together. After Myrtle's accidental death, Tom becomes angry and tells George Wilson, Myrtle's husband, that Gatsby was the one responsible for killing his wife. Fitzgerald uses characters throughout the novel to explain that peoples values are negatively altered when they become wealthy.
             Wealth can make people do bad things, for example, murder. Tom Buchanan, because he told George Wilson that Gatsby killed Myrtle, can be blamed for the murder of Gatsby. When George talked to him, Tom told George it was Gatsby's car that hit Myrtle, but he failed to mention that it was Daisy driving. Even though it was never directly mentioned, it is shown that Tom knew Daisy was the one who killed Myrtle. Nick said, "...and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together". (Fitzgerald 146) This "conspiring" was probably a plan to get Daisy away from the whole inci...