Selfish And Selfish In The Great Gatsby
Great Gatsby: The careless and selfish
“Selfishness comes from poverty in the heart, from the belief that love is not abundant.”-Don Miguel Ruiz
This quote relates to how selfishness comes from a poor heart and the belief that love is something they don't really know about. They use it with the challenges that they face day-to-day. Another example is in the Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald he shows that wealth is used in selfish ways can make people careless. Great Gatsby set in the 1920s where wall street was booming and, America was flourishing and also America just came out of WWI and even more exciting where the big parties that were happening in New York, one of main part takes in these parties was a man named Jay …show more content…
Tom in the book was seen as a very insecure character on how he treated Daisy and Myrtle he has done terrible things to them and he doesn’t really have any sympathy for an example of this is when he slap myrtle “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!” shouted Mrs. Wilson. “I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai ——”Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.” Fitzgerald (Pg 41) This is a careless and selfish act and it shows he feels no consequence coming his way because he is rich, another example is when Tom cheats on Daisy but having the nerve to say women goes around too much for him even though he cheats. He uses the money as a scapegoat every day because he knows myrtle won’t stop talking to him because he has money unlike her man Wilson.I conclude that Wilson believes that just because he has money he can boss anyone around and he only thinks about himself in situations that involve him and somebody else. In Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author illustrates that money makes people selfish and careless. Tom and Daisy's selfishness was clear throughout the book and how they used their money as a scapegoat. Gatsby selfishness is used when he wants something for himself like when he asked Daisy to say that she never loved Tom which is selfish isn’t it enough that she loves you. I conclude that money does make people selfish and careless and that's the lesson in the
“Selfishness comes from poverty in the heart, from the belief that love is not abundant.”-Don Miguel Ruiz
This quote relates to how selfishness comes from a poor heart and the belief that love is something they don't really know about. They use it with the challenges that they face day-to-day. Another example is in the Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald he shows that wealth is used in selfish ways can make people careless. Great Gatsby set in the 1920s where wall street was booming and, America was flourishing and also America just came out of WWI and even more exciting where the big parties that were happening in New York, one of main part takes in these parties was a man named Jay …show more content…
Tom in the book was seen as a very insecure character on how he treated Daisy and Myrtle he has done terrible things to them and he doesn’t really have any sympathy for an example of this is when he slap myrtle “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!” shouted Mrs. Wilson. “I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai ——”Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.” Fitzgerald (Pg 41) This is a careless and selfish act and it shows he feels no consequence coming his way because he is rich, another example is when Tom cheats on Daisy but having the nerve to say women goes around too much for him even though he cheats. He uses the money as a scapegoat every day because he knows myrtle won’t stop talking to him because he has money unlike her man Wilson.I conclude that Wilson believes that just because he has money he can boss anyone around and he only thinks about himself in situations that involve him and somebody else. In Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author illustrates that money makes people selfish and careless. Tom and Daisy's selfishness was clear throughout the book and how they used their money as a scapegoat. Gatsby selfishness is used when he wants something for himself like when he asked Daisy to say that she never loved Tom which is selfish isn’t it enough that she loves you. I conclude that money does make people selfish and careless and that's the lesson in the