Why Is Corruption Important In The Great Gatsby

You have been taught your entire life to follow your dreams. You have always been told to believe in yourself. There are all these success stories of celebrities and professional athletes following their dream and working hard for it. But what about those who work hard and follow their dreams and fail? What do the celebrities have over the everyday people? Yes, they may have worked harder than some, but the majority works just as hard. Corruption has definitely had an impact on success in the past. Look at someone like Al Capone, the inventor of organized crime in the 1920s. He most likely achieved all of his dreams. Did he work hard? Probably, but he worked illegally in order to get his money and authority. He smuggled alcohol, which was illegal at the time, and did other illegal business. This was a cold-blooded business
Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, to portray the corruption of the American dream through the life of Jay Gatsby. These changes in tone are due to Carraway’s knowledge of Gatsby. He starts out curious and confused with Gatsby, then to indignant and annoyed, to sympathetic. Everything one does in their life is because of this idea of the American dream. If there is no dream, no one would work hard. As a matter of fact, no one would work at all, what would be the point? Whether that dream is pitching in the MLB or just making enough money to support a family, you will work your hardest to get there. Jay Gatsby represents us. Daisy and the green light represents our dream. People will do whatever it takes to achieve it, which could include falling into corruption and crime because that’s how bad some want it. Because of this desire to achieve your dreams, No matter what happens with the journey to the American dream, good or bad, we will always continue to pursue it. This American dream drives us to do whatever it takes to achieve, and nothing will change that, not even