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"Lack of Moral Responsibility in The Great Gatsby" (THEME)good examples & quotes. could use more big words,or add another paragraph for the conclusion.

Date Submitted: 10/17/2003 03:35:58
Category: / Literature
Length: 2 pages (601 words)
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, many of the characters were careless and superficial. They would only care for themselves and not worry about how the things that they do would affect others. Throughout the novel, Daisy, Tom, and Jordan proved this idea. The major theme of The Great Gatsby is that immoral people take no responsibility for there actions, and don't worry about how they affect other people. This is proved by Nick …
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…other people clean up the mess they had made..." This describes Tom and Daisy, and all that they stood for. In conclusion, the major theme of the Great Gatsby is moral responsibility, or lack thereof. Tom, Daisy, Jordan, Nick and most of all Gatsby were all foolish in some way; to believe that everything would turn out alright. Hurting people, and ruining the lives of others was all commonplace in this novel, The Great Gatsby.
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