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The Great Gatsby: Morality and Gatsby


Morality is a very controversial issue. That is one of the reasons what
people are interested in reading about it. Morality can lead to many questions
essentially it can lead to the question between right and wrong. In The Great
Gatsby Nick Carraway is faced with a constant struggle between right and wrong.
Truth is an issue of morality. "It all happened in a minute but it seemed
to me that she wanted to speak to us, thought we were somebody she knew."
(Fitzgerald 151) Daisy and Gatsby tried to hide the fact that they hit and
killed Myrtle Wilson while driving home from New York. Nick Carraway, however,
knew the truth and had to decide if he was going to help hide the truth or let
Daisy and Gatsby suffer the consequences. "I don't think that anybody saw us
but of course I can't be sure." (Fitzgerald 151). Gatsby felt that he could
hide the car and with it he could hide the truth. The truth is that Myrtle
Wilson was killed and......

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