The Great Gatsby
The novel “The Great Gatsby”, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1925, tells the story of the main character, Jay Gatsby. He lives a very eventful and fast paced life. He makes his money using illegal methods and concurrents with Tom, for Daisy, loved by both.
Both characters are corrupt in some way. Gatsby is a man of his mind, always trying to appeal to others. He entered the business of illegal alcohol trading and other illegal ways of making money fast together with Meyer Wolfsheim, a business friend. Due to Wolfsheim being very shady, Gatsby tries to hide that connection to appear more clean and gentle. He wants to appear gentle and smart even though he is quite brutal in some moments.
Tom on the other hand is the complete …show more content…
He doesn’t really care, as he already has a lot and doesn’t need to work for money. He spends it carelessly when he gets in trouble for something instead of taking the blame. He also uses his money to gain social status when he needs to. This reveals, that he has a very simple and primitive mind that just spends depending on his will and needs in that specific moment without thinking into the future or possible consequences. Due to that mindset, he doesn’t really have a clear direction where he wants to go. As a result of that, he doesn’t want to appeal or do anything, that he could just reach with spending his seemingly infinite money. He is imperfect as a millionaire because he has no goal, making him corrupt in the mind and hiding behind his …show more content…
This imperfectness reveals, how millionaires that have enough money for their life, can actually fail to either reach their goal or even have one in the first place. Unfortunately both of these points fit onto the characters mentioned. The point made in both critical articles is majorly focused on the differences in wealth and behavior of both millionaires. When seeing the difference to the movie, the appearance difference has no real impact on the corruptness shown, but can in fact make Tom feel less attracting and more of a brutal-style man. As a all in all conclusion, I would say, that the difference in corruption does not create any impact on the reader 's experience, but has significance for a critic, because it is a point that takes a deep insight to
The novel “The Great Gatsby”, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1925, tells the story of the main character, Jay Gatsby. He lives a very eventful and fast paced life. He makes his money using illegal methods and concurrents with Tom, for Daisy, loved by both.
Both characters are corrupt in some way. Gatsby is a man of his mind, always trying to appeal to others. He entered the business of illegal alcohol trading and other illegal ways of making money fast together with Meyer Wolfsheim, a business friend. Due to Wolfsheim being very shady, Gatsby tries to hide that connection to appear more clean and gentle. He wants to appear gentle and smart even though he is quite brutal in some moments.
Tom on the other hand is the complete …show more content…
He doesn’t really care, as he already has a lot and doesn’t need to work for money. He spends it carelessly when he gets in trouble for something instead of taking the blame. He also uses his money to gain social status when he needs to. This reveals, that he has a very simple and primitive mind that just spends depending on his will and needs in that specific moment without thinking into the future or possible consequences. Due to that mindset, he doesn’t really have a clear direction where he wants to go. As a result of that, he doesn’t want to appeal or do anything, that he could just reach with spending his seemingly infinite money. He is imperfect as a millionaire because he has no goal, making him corrupt in the mind and hiding behind his …show more content…
This imperfectness reveals, how millionaires that have enough money for their life, can actually fail to either reach their goal or even have one in the first place. Unfortunately both of these points fit onto the characters mentioned. The point made in both critical articles is majorly focused on the differences in wealth and behavior of both millionaires. When seeing the difference to the movie, the appearance difference has no real impact on the corruptness shown, but can in fact make Tom feel less attracting and more of a brutal-style man. As a all in all conclusion, I would say, that the difference in corruption does not create any impact on the reader 's experience, but has significance for a critic, because it is a point that takes a deep insight to