Great Gatsby

Morally Irresponsible
The passage that I have chosen from The Great Gatsby is, to me, the most realistic and pragmatic statement made throughout the entire novel. It is found toward the end of the novel, which implies that the narrator, Nick, a formally unbiased person, has grown to understand the aristocratic society. By referring to Tom and Daisy as a prime example, Nick conveys the hollowness of the upper-class society after conversing with Tom, after the death of Gatsby, Myrtle and George.
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreat back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made….(186-7)

After reading this quote, I was taken by the injustice of the situations. Despite that Daisy is the true killer of Myrtle, she lies through omission, with a free conscience, and allows for Gatsby to take the blame for her mistake and...