The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald is a novel that develops many conflicts, emotions, and doubts. The novel’s purpose is to intrigue readers with its diversity of conflicts. In the novel, the majority of the characters all have their own problems. Corrupting, in a way, is to fraud in the return of money or personal gain. Out of all the characters, the most corrupted character in the novel is Gatsby because of money and using objects to flatter.
Gatsby is a very wealthy man who lives in a mansion in the West Egg. Throughout the majority of the novel, Gatsby comes off as a very mysterious man. Gatsby was once a soldier and went to war, giving the impression of being admirable. Although Gatsby gives the idea of being involved with some type of organized crime, Gatsby says his wealth comes from the death of his family. When Gatsby talks about the past, it all feels like an unsolved puzzle because there are so many questions and unexplained answers about Gatsby’s past and wealth.
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This can be considered corruption because Gatsby was using his wealth for his own benefit to try to impress and make himself have a good reputation to Daisy and other people. As Fitzgerald points out, “On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city, between nine in the morning and long past midnight…” (43) It can be assumed that Gatsby would use the power of his wealth to have astonishing parties every weekend so that people could be amazed. Fitzgerald illustrates, “Instead of taking the short cut along the Sound we went down the road and entered by the big postern. With enchanting murmurs Daisy admired this aspect…”(97) This can show that Gatsby was trying to maneuver Daisy because of the fact that he was showing her how rich he was because of how fascinating his mansion