Carelessness has many aspects, in particular negligence, purposelessness, and lack of consideration. Do the characters of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrate these aspects of carelessness? What does Fitzgerald use carelessness to demonstrate? Fitzgerald gives his own characters the quality of emptiness and hopelessness with the exception of Nick Carraway. The failures in these character’s lives are all the result of carelessness. Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Baker, and the Wilsons all did their …showed first 75 words of 708 total…

…showed last 75 words of 708 total…and lacked moral. Nothing had a deep morally sound purpose when it came to the rich. The Great Gatsby demonstrates as a whole America’s carelessness in pursuing the American Dream. The rich all lose their morals and dignity. They have all lost sight of the true happiness and were drunk on achieving insignificant yet poisonous goals. Fitzgerald is trying to criticize the materialistic goals Americans have set for themselves, always chasing a false dream.