The Great Gatsby: Forces Of Corruption
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The theme of human corruption, its sources and consenquences, is a coomon
concern among writers from Shakespeare through J.D Salinger. Some suggest that
it attacks from outside, while others depict corruption occuring from within the
individual. In the case if The Great Gatsby and it's protagonist ....
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.... they went there." (pg.40) Shallow, corrupt people like Jordan
Baker gossip with reckless abandon about their mysterious host. Their careless,
superficial attitudes and wanton behaviour represent Fizgarald's depiction of
the corrupt American Dream.
Another force of corruption responsible for Gatsby's fate is his obsession
with a woman of Daisy's nature. Determined to marry her after returning from
the war, he is blind to her shallow, cowardly nature. He is unable to see the
corruptiion wh ....
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