My Gatsby Essay - Comparatively In this society, everyone has a price. It is simply a matter of discovering what it is each person wants most; their most secret desire. Each individual and their personality will determine how far they will go to gain this aspiration. One person would go only so far as to tell a few lies, while another might kill somebody. No matter what, each and every person would go to some …showed first 75 words of 3624 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3624 total…certain view of themselves that they would do many things to maintain. The Great Gatsby is just one example of a book that contains characters within, like Tom and Gatsby, who will do immoral deeds to keep them happy. Life is not a fair thing. Good people suffer, and bad people sometimes win everything, leaving others behind in misery, without any care for consequences. Nothing is ever certain. Life is simply a game of chance.