The American Dream, And All It

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impossible for all people to become rich, since wealth is
based largely on social position, and classes prevent the poor from becoming successful.
“One thing’s sure and nothing’s surer / The rich get richer and the poor get -- children”
(Fitzgerald 101). Myrtle’s attempt to break into the class which the Buchanans belong to
is doomed from the start. She enters into an affair with Tom, takes on all the negative
qualities of his social group, and not only becomes corrupt and immoral, but she scorns
people from her own class. “I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn’t fit
to lick my shoe” (Fitzgerald 39). The adulterous behaviour of Myrtle and Tom, as well as
the carelessness of Daisy and Jordan, illustrates the corruptibility of the rich.
Both Tom and Daisy are morally corrupt, having little concern for how they treat the
people around them. “Daisy and her husband display their indifference to human values in
episodes involving sexual exploitation and careless ...

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