The Great Gatsby: How It Applies to Modern Society

The Great Gatsby How it Applies to Modern Society The large make out in F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Great Gatsby be really a deal the passel in our generation today. Theyre alike in the way they depict racism, irresponsibility, and corruption. The two generations however also share people who display integrity and honesty. The two generations show irresponsibility and corruption through numerous characters like Myrtle, Meyer Wolfshiem and Tom. After Myrtle bought the dog she had taken no forethought after the dog. She never walked it, didnt consistently feed it, and the dog was later found lying around by himself.Tom was freewheeling and prejudice towards other races which were diametrical from his own. His Irresponsibility was shown when he was having an affair with Myrtle and not staying faithful to Daisy. Toms prejudice was revealed when he said nowadays people being by sneering at family life and family institutions and next theyll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white. In todays society it seems like its every other day where someone is discriminated against because they are thought to be inferior for skin color, religion, etc.Also during the roaring 20s there was many gangs and mob leaders like the terrorizing Al Capone who were corrupt with power. He was a racketeer who had many wars with other gangs. Today there is also a dispense of gang violence going on today between all sorts of different cliques and they all search for the power that Al Capone once had. Even though there are a significant amount of people who are irresponsible and discriminate there are also a large number of people who act with integrity and help others with enormous generosity.Everyone was first afraid of Gatsby because they thought he was a killer but turns out he was a compassionate man. When Nick says Theyre a rotten crowd, youre worth the whole damn bunch put together you feel the same towards him because his live for Daisy w as very important to him. He takes the blame for Daisy killing Myrtle even though he knows he can be taken away to tuck away for the rest of his life. There are people still today that will fight for their friends because friendship is vowed to be very important in the life of very human. As you can see the adults shown in the Great Gatsby (1920s) are similar to the adults that live today. Many portray racism and are irresponsible however they are also many who act with honesty, integrity and compassion. I believe the two generations are similar for the common traits they share. Because there is a deoxycytidine monophosphate between these two generations many would believe that a lot of change has undergone but in reality not much change has happened. Everything around the people has changed but them as people have not.