Society’s carelessness and superficiality corrupt Gatsby’s journey towards the American dream. Gatsby experiences external and internal struggles. Gatsby was an honourable man who fought a battle with the kind of human being he truly was and the man he would became in order to fit in to the luxurious lifestyle of the rich and the business deals Gatsby took part in. Gatsby struggles with himself internally and his character as well as externally with what the rich society require of him. Gatsby gave in to society’s expectations and lost all morals for Daisy’s approval and love. Gatsby prefers the illusions of his pretty lifestyle to the harsh reality of the acts Gatsby participates in which allow him such a fancy …show more content…
Gatsby’s corruption of himself led to his death and that of his American dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the death of a good man’s failure of his American dream and selfish people’s prosperities as society denying poetic justice. In addition to Gatsby, George Wilson is corrupted through the American dream. George is beaten down by society and wealth. George states, “ ‘I’m sick…been sick all day…I’ve been here too long. I want to get