The Moment Of Truth

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Term Paper Title	The Moment Of Truth
# of Words	553
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.21

The Moment of Truth

Chris George
Jr. American Lit Hansen
1/14/98

     The Golden Age,  a time when money was so abundant.  Wealthy family’s always demanded to impress others rather than living their own life.   How did wealth seem to develop with scandals and how would dreams contribute to destiny?  In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel “The Great Gatsby” Nick Carraway’s great American dream was to controlled the truth in which he lives his life.

     Money is a motivating force for almost everyone, but not everyone loses sight of who they are.  Gatsby’s house and parties were a part of the shows he wanted to impress Daisy with.   Daisy, confused by Gatsby’s money and wealth tried drawing away from her husband Tom when she saw financial security with Gatsby.  Although Nick was tempted to be successful and wealthy he viewed  ethics and even his own morals to be additionally significant.

     Most of the Characters in the Great Gatsby  lived so materialistically that their own values and ethics suffered and really never showed.  Nick’s friends in the novel illustrated ignorant fools, Tom was careless.  Tom was ignorant to the fact that cheating on a spouse was and still is looked down upon.  Nick as the Conventionalist1  he is, displayed the character who looked down upon this affair.  He didn't agree with the fact that his friend Tom could love his wife while he lusted some other woman.  Nicks beliefs were never similar to Tom's, and later he confronted Tom telling his disapproval of his actions.  Tom, Daisy, and Jordan showed no affection or remorse after the death of both Gatsby and Myrtle. Nick percepted that his  friends convinced themse...

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