In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, we learn that every character, except Nick and George, uses wealth as a means of happiness, which in turn, gets in the way of their own morals to act as decent, respectable human beings. Nick Carraway, the main character in the book, seems to be that decent, respectable human being. He is the voice of reason in the story. It is through his point of …showed first 75 words of 902 total…

…showed last 75 words of 902 total…never really any hope for the fates that lied waiting for these characters during the summer of 1922. I believe Nick stated it best when he said; “They were careless people....they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made....” (187). They were careless people, careless in everything except themselves.