People of The Great Gatsby and People of Today
The young adults in F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby are
similar to the adults of today. They show resemblance by
portraying racism, irresponsibility, and corruption. Like the young adults
of today many display integrity and are innocent. The people of
the two generations exploit violence and have gangs and gang leaders.
The generation of the 20's and the generation of the 00's exhibit
irresponsibility and corruption through many characters such as Myrtle,
Meyer Wolfshiem and Tom. After Myrtle bought the puppy she took no care of
it at all. She never took it for walks, didn't feed it continuously, and
later we find his dog leash just lying around.
Tom was irresponsible and prejudice towards other races which were
different form his in many instances. His irresponsibility was displayed
when he was having an affair with Myrtle and not staying together with
Daisy. Tom's prejudice on other races was revealed when he said, "nowadays
people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next
they'll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and
white,"(137). In society today many races are discriminated against because
they are thought to be inferior. In school, at work, and in anyone's
neighborhood there is discrimination because of the skin color and they are
harassed. There was violence in the 20's with gangs and mob leaders such as
Al Capone. He was a notorious racketeer who fought with other gangs. Today
there are also gang crimes like in the music business there were killings
of two rap artists. The killings took place because of animosity among the
East Coast and the West Coast rappers.
Even though there is discrimination and irresponsibility many young
adults prove their integrity and assist others in the most crucial times.
Everyone thought Gatsby was a killer and they were scared of him but he was
compassionate. When Nick says, "They're a rotten crowd, You're worth the
whole damn bunch put together,"(162), we feel the same way about him
because his love for Daisy was most valuable to him. He takes the blame of
Daisy for killing Myrtle even though he knows his life can be taken away in
jail. There are people and good friends today who will stand and fight for
their friends because friendship is precious to kids and adults.
As you can see the young adults of the 20's do resemble the adults
of today. Many are irresponsible and racists, however there are
also many who are honest and compassionate. I perceive the people of the
two generations very resembling because of the qualities they portray. Many
people would think that there would be a shocking difference between the
adults of then and now but there isn't any change in the people. Everything
around the people has changed but they themselves can't differ.
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