The Great Gatsby, which is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story that portrays the day-to-day life occurrences that encircles the society in a deeper sense. The novel displays the problems that curb everyday life, such as issues affecting various marriages, the upcoming of a society or change of social class of individuals. The novel has enlightened irresponsibility as one of the critical topics that Fitzgerald wants his audience to consider and look at deeply. This paper is aimed at discussing the critical topic of irresponsibility, which is prevalent throughout the novel, making it the most appropriate topic to discuss by developing an argument on it, from a personal interpretation of the novel and thereafter raising a complex argument that is defendable. Consideration should also be given to the examination of the deeper layers in the critical themes, symbols, characterization, or conflicts taking into consideration irresponsibility as the critical topic to base the argument on. Lastly, this paper clearly shows the main point to substantiate, which include irresponsibility in marriages, moral decadence, as well as social class.

Personal interpretation and defendable argument
Fitzgerald has extensively outlined the level of irresponsibility that existed in the early times that followed World War I. Irresponsibility has been depicted mostly in the relationship and marriages, which constituted the infidelity that the married couples in the novel were subjected to, or practiced. The author has given irresponsibility too much dominance with some of the characters falling victim to the consequences while others getting away with it without being punished at the end. The novel has also depicted the irresponsibility of the author, since he develops this topic with dominance and ease throughout the novel, especially for the men that practice it.