Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald loves to create cryptic thoughts of corruption throught his entire book. From creating the idea that Gatsby is involved in criminal activity to the infidelities of Daisy being with Gatsby while with Tom to reflect the idea of how many people cheated to get around monetarily, as well as socially, during that time period. At one point in the book Gatsby mentions that Daisy's voice "is full of money". I took this as the idea that Daisy had been around the rich, Gatsby had to find a way to convince her that he was rich enough to have an equal claim to her love, making me believe that he would cheat and steal to try to get this money for her. Then Tom mentions that Gatsby is involved in bootlegging, connecting back to Fitzgeralds theme of corruption in the 20's. Much like the crimes happening in the 20's, Fitzgerald keeps them very covered up from the rest of social lives so the people would not know of the activities.