By using the term "carelessness," Fitzgerald describes a key theme in The Great Gatsby. Mainly, the term is used to describe actions done by people who are not concerned whether their statements and actions will hurt others. Characters with this trait show absolutely no emotion for even the most tragic occurrences. Carelessness causes some characters in the book to squander their already meaningless lives away.
             Out of all the characters in the book, Daisy can be considered the most careless person. She haphazardly watches as her life drifts by with her doing nothing but sitting around her house flirting with everything that walks. Daisy's carelessness becomes most apparent when she kisses her new-found, five-minute love, Gatsby as her husband, Tom, is leaving the room. She does not care if he knows she is having an affair, and neither does the fact that her husband is having an affair with Myrtle. When she hit Myrtle with the car, due to careless driving, Daisy did not even stop to see what or whom she had hit. She continued to drive without manifesting a thought about the situation. Also, after he "meaningful" affair with Gatsby, Daisy does not even show up to his funeral. It seems all Daisy truly cares about is money, and whether or not she has it.
             Myrtle, Tom's lover, shows many signs of carelessness as well. She freely talks about her affair with Tom, despite that it caused her to have her nose broken by Tom. The most prominent example of Myrtle's carelessness occurs when she leaves the dog collar bought for her by Tom out in the open, which tips off her husband she is having an affair.
             Jordan Baker exhibits carelessness mostly towards only things that affect herself. For example, she cheated in a golf tournament, her profession, and showed absolutely no guilt for doing so. Only a few hours after the death of Myrtle, Jordan asked Nick if he would like to go upstairs with he...