The Great Gatsby: Morality And Gatsby :: essays research papers fc

The Great Gatsby devotion and Gatsby     Morality is a very controversial issue. That is one of the reasons whatpeople ar interested in reading about it. Morality can work to many questionsessentially it can lead to the question between near and wrong. In The GreatGatsby Nick Carraway is faced with a constant conflict between right and wrong.Truth is an issue of morality. "It all happened in a minute but it seemedto me that she wanted to speak to us, thought we were somebody she knew."(Fitzgerald 151) Daisy and Gatsby try to hide the fact that they hit andkilled myrtle Wilson while driving home from New York. Nick Carraway, however,knew the truth and had to decide if he was going to helper hide the truth or letDaisy and Gatsby suffer the consequences. I dont approximate that anybody saw usbut of course I cant be sure. (Fitzgerald 151). Gatsby felt up that he couldhide the car and with it he could hide the truth. The truth is that MyrtleWilson wa s killed and Daisy and Gatsby are the ones to blame. They cannot hidethat truth.     The friendship between Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway is a dubiousone and full of doubt. "He had seen me several times and had intended to citeon me long before but a peculiar cabal of circumstances had prevented it-signed Jay Gatsby." (Fitzgerald 45-46) The two had lived next door to each another(prenominal) for awhile however, they had never associated. Therefore, along with theinvitation to the party there was some suspicion. Jay Gatsby is a very wealthyman. Nick Carraway, although he lives in West Egg, is not wealthy nor elegant.The two are certainly opposites. Gatsby and Carraway are bound to canvass