People of The Great Gatsby and People of Today :: Great Gatsby Essays

People of The Great Gatsby and People of Today         The childlike adults in F.Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Great Gatsby are similar to the adults of today. They show coincidence by portraying racism, irresponsibility, and corruption. Like the young adults of today many show integrity and are innocent. The people of the two generations exploit violence and drive home annuluss and gang leaders.         The generation of the 20s and the generation of the 00s exhibit irresponsibility and corruption through many characters such as Myrtle, Meyer Wolfshiem and Tom. After Myrtle bought the puppy she took no care of it at all. She never took it for walks, didnt feed it continuously, and later we find his trail leash just lying around.           Tom was irresponsible and prejudice towards other(a) races which were different form his in many instances. His irresponsibility was displayed when he was having an use with Myrtle and not staying together with Daisy. Toms prejudice on other races was revealed when he said, nowadays people begin by sneering at family career and family institutions and next theyll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between glowering and white,(137). In society today many races are discriminated against because they are panorama to be inferior. In school, at work, and in anyones neighborhood there is dissimilarity because of the skin color and they are harassed. There was violence in the 20s with gangs and backpack leaders such as Al Capone. He was a ill-famed racketeer who fought with other gangs. Today there are also gang crimes like in the music business there were killings of two pat artists. The killings took place because of animosity among the East Coast and the West Coast rappers.         as yet though there is discrimination and irresponsibility many young adults rebel their integrity and assist others in the most crucial times. Everyone thought Gatsby was a killer and they were scared of him but he was compassionate. When Nick says, Theyre a decayed crowd, Youre worth the whole damn bunch put together,(162), we feel the alike(p) way about him because his love for Daisy was most valuable to him. He takes the doomed of Daisy for killing Myrtle even though he knows his life crowd out be taken away in jail.