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A Goal of Corruption
Wealth, assets, and attaining a superior net worth are the dreams and fantasies of many Americans. The goal to have a better life is pure in essence, but, for those with weak wills and simple minds, this goal can twist their morals and values from a fair-skinned maiden t ....
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.... ads value to his already substantial estate. When Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy is leaving him he is so self-confident that he refuses to believe or accept that his wife would leave him "for a common swindler who'd have to steal the ring to put on her finger"(Fiztgerald 140). Tom has no real sense of morality or values. His corruption from birth will stay with him until he dies.
Fitzgerald presents the reader with an example of someone who is not wealthy, but is already corrupted by money through Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle is a woman with a which "is corrupt to beg ....
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