Great Gatsby - Corruption

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald utilized characterization in order to expose the corruption of the inhabitants of East Egg. Three inhabitants of "the wasteland": Tom, Myrtle, and Daisy are depicted as self-absorbed aristocrats whose love for themselves by far outweighs their love for each other. The way Tom composes himself around other characters reveals how self-absorbed he is. Myrtle is an impulsive person that uses other characters, namely Tom and George Wilson. Daisy, …showed first 75 words of 710 total…

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