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

People of The Great Gatsby and People of Today         The young adults in F.Scott Fitzgeralds young The Great Gatsby are similar to the adults of today. They show resemblance by depiction racism, irresponsibility, and corruption. Like the young adults of today many display integrity and are innocent. The hatful of the two multiplications exploit violence and have gangs 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 dog leash exclusively lying around.           Tom was irresponsible and prejudice towards some other races which were different solve his in many instances. His irresponsibility was displayed when he w as having an affair with Myrtle and non staying together with Daisy. Toms prejudice on other races was revealed when he said, nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next theyll befuddle everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white,(137). In party today many races are discriminated against because they are thought to be inferior. In school, at work, and in anyones neighborhood in that location is discrimination because of the skin glossiness and they are harassed. There was violence in the 20s with gangs and mob leaders such as Al Capone. He was a notorious racketeer who fought with other gangs. Today there are also gang crimes like in the music business there were killings of two rap artists. The killings took place because of irritation among the East Coast and the West Coast rappers.         Even though there is discrimination and irresponsibility many young adults prove their integr ity and go to others in the most crucial times. Everyone thought Gatsby was a killer and they were panicked of him but he was compassionate. When Nick says, Theyre a rotten crowd, Youre worth the alone damn bunch put together,(162), we feel the same way active him because his love for Daisy was most valuable to him. He takes the blame of Daisy for killing Myrtle even though he knows his life can be interpreted away in jail.