transgressions

Transgressions Not a single person in this world is perfect and people make mistakes. Scott F. Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby expresses this in many levels through his characters and the their failure. Everyone of his characters fails and makes mistakes in the novel but it is the degree of these mishaps that shape the outcome for that character. The most well rounded man in this story is the narrator Nick Carraway. He himself does not believe this though because he told Gatsby that he was the best man aside from his shady wrong doings as this quote says; “They’re a rotten crowd” (134). Gatsby can’t possibly be ranked this high because he has committed adultery. The only thing Nick has done wrong is not telling Tom about the affair but Nick is not obligated to do that, it is not his problem to deal with therefore making Nick the character to make the least mistakes. Jordan Baker is in a position where she was the least important main character in the novel serving as Daisy’s best friend. Jordan, being Daisy’s best friend also knew about the affair with Gatsby. This is where the problem with her occurs because her being friends with Daisy means she is closer to Tom than Nick is so it makes her some what obligated to tell him that she is cheating. Jordan also has a lot of money that she is sure to let everyone know about because she flaunts it which makes her wrong doings worse than Nick. The main character of the novel, Jay Gatsby, lived an adult life of hoping and waiting for something that never seemed it would happen. When it finally did some it came in the act adultery. Gatsby spent five years bootlegging, killing, and lying his way to a great fortune all for one woman; Daisy. Gatsby was just a man that was in love and he had a goal and he accomplished his goal to some extent because Daisy had an affair with him. Jay had good intentions with the deeds he was doing but just the way he did it gives him the third