The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1544 Words

Throughout both novels, the reader sees a motif which is that of corruption. Corruption is dishonest or fraudulent conduct. The Great Gatsby is a book about love, corruption and the American dream. We find this through the eyes of the narrator of the story Nick Carraway, who is the cousin of Daisy and a character within the novel. Daisy is married to Tom, and even though Daisy knows that Tom has affairs behind her back she still stays marries to the man. However Jay Gatsby, whom the book is revolved around, was once a part of Daisy’s life before he had to head off to the war. Never the less Gatsby returned and tries his best in order to regain the love of Daisy. However the novel divides Gatsby and Daisy by the social class of ‘old money’†¦show more content†¦Through the dissection of the corruption within both books, the reader finds that Fitzgerald portrays his ideals in many ways during the time of the ‘roaring 20’s’ and it’s moral and social segregation. Never the less the exploration of symbolism. An example of the corruption within the Great Gatsby is when Nick (narrator of the story) tells us â€Å"Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction—Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn†. Nick is telling us that even once he had left East Egg and the troubles of the West Eggers, the one person whom was exempt from his disgust of being corrupted by their social class was Gatsby. This shows the reader that there is more to Gatsby than that which meets the eye and that even though he had all of the money in the world, the one thing that could possibly corrupt him was Daisy, by their love which is ironic as love stands to be the most ironic answer to someone’s downfall. However if we look at that of Enduring Love where it says A little later we were back in our seats, leaning over the table like dedicated craftsmen at work† the reader gets the feeling that to a certain extent Joe and Clarr issa, are not corrupted due to the fact that when comparing ideas and thoughts they believe themselves to be that of middle class workers showing that they are very similar to that of what Gatsby started off to be, a very humble beginnings and