Carelessness In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Carelessness is the beginning of all evils; Carelessness is the flaw of the upper class of society. In The Great Gatsby, the characters are adored for their status, but their carelessness is ignored. Every character exhibits carelessness in different ways. Jay Gatsby is careless in his want of love; Nick Carraway is careless in his judgment of others; and Tom Buchanon, Daisy Buchanon and Myrtle Wilson are symbols of the carelessness of wealth in American society. Money and love corrode people’s minds and lead them to be arrogant and careless towards others. Daisy Buchanon embodies the divine wonder of romance and the American Dream of ordinary people, making her the source of carelessness for herself and many others (Lehan “Careless People.” 73). Part of
His actions are not as severe as Tom’s, but Nick fails to obtain self-reflection. Furthermore, Tom is the greatest offender of carelessness. Tom is born into wealth, automatically making him careless to people “less” than he is. Money makes him blind to other people’s struggles and leads him to be careless because people lead him to believe that he can do no wrong. He becomes bratty and careless as time goes on, and he is out of touch. As Tom is around Myrtle Wilson, she becomes careless because he spoils them and leads them to believe that other people do not matter, including Myrtle (Voegeli). Living way beyond her means because she is spoiled by Tom, she starts ignoring her husband. This spoiling starts shifting her from being more relatable to the lower class, to being very arrogant and acting like an “East Egger” all because of Tom’s disregard towards other people. His ignorance left him exposed to making careless mistakes, Nick saying, “You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met a bad driver, didn’t I? I mean, it was careless of me to make such a wrong