Theme Of Dishonesty In The Great Gatsby

Dishonesty occurs often throughout The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald highlights Gatsby as one of the biggest liars in the novel, due to his exaggerated persona and false representation. Moreover, NIck is characterized as the least immoral person in this story. Nick gets such a ranking simply because he starkly contrasts to the other corrupt characters. Although, Nick isn’t apart of any infidelity or any illegal business he doesn't try to stop anyone else from doing such things, instead he allows them to and even gives them the tools to carry out such bad actions. One example of Nick allowing the immorality of the time effecting his own virtues is when in the story he invites Daisy over for tea knowing that she is married to Tom. And also when he
keeps Gatsby’s secret regarding the car crash. Nick embodies the idea that doing nothing is still something. And throughout the book there is no moral compass as it’s shown that everyone is deeply flawed. “When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart”