What Is The Moral Of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby begins when our narrator, Nick Carraway, explaining his morals and why he is where he is. He goes about explaining how he met a man named Gatsby when he was living in West Egg near New York. Nick's moral objections to Gatsby do not intervene in his relationship with him as his interest in Gatsby grows. Though Gatsby is in the underground business of bootlegging alcohol and hopes Nick's married cousin, Daisy Buchanan, will leave her husband, Tom, and life with him in his huge mansion. He goes about getting her attention by throwing ostentatious parties, in hopes that she will attend, and having Nick set up secret meetings with her where they begin their affair. Daisy does not feel guilty since Tom has already been cheating on
He is originally from North Dakota where he lived most of his impoverished childhood, then he attended St. Olaf's for only two weeks before dropping out due to the janitorial job he had to pay for his tuition. He then met a wealthy man who sparked his ambitions for a better, wealthier life. Gatsby joined the army and fell in love with a young women by the name of Daisy shortly before heading to Europe to fight in the war. She promised to wait for him but broke his heart when she married another two years later. He obsesses over her and what could have been, and she becomes the reason for his existence, proving that he is naive and delusional. He eventually gains plenty of wealth and purchases a mansion in the vicinity of where Daisy and her husband reside. He throws gigantic parties in attempts to grasp her attention, and with the help of his new found friend, Nick, he succeeds. He and Daisy have an affair up until his tragic death by a
He is a cousin to Daisy and a dear friend of Gatsby's. He is wise and intelligent and uses intellectual vocabulary as he describes the events that happened, which changed his perspectives and his life. He is one of the only people to ever see the real Gatsby. He has outstanding morals, yet is slightly prideful of them, as he mentions them several times throughout the book. Overall he is a kind, quiet man who only considers himself a mere witness to the occurrences in which he describes, rather than someone who plays a large role in his own story. He is typically slow to judgement and tries to prevent himself from being tangled in the grotesque affairs of East Egg, but is drawn to those who cause it and cannot stop himself from being engulfed in their lucid