In the fictional novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby's guests all share a lack of morals, pointing to Fitzgerald's intent of devoiding Gatsby’s character of morals. As guests come into Gatsby’s party, Nick describes Clarence Endive as being a violent man prone to impulsive violence. Nick recalls Clarence “came only once, in white knickerboxers, and had a fight with a bum named Etty in the garden” (Fitzgerald 62). The author intends to say Endive fought the bum “in the garden” (Fitzgerald 62). It is to connect Gatsby’s mansion to a violent event –furthering Gatsby’s connection to violence. While being introduced to Ripley Snell, Nick recalls that Snell had his hand run over days attending Gatsby’s event after Snell became extremely
