F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the lifestyles of the rich people of the roaring 20's in his book "The Great Gatsby". Tom and Daisy Buchanan were wealthy, careless and selfish. Nick Carraway held him judgement until the very end, although he could have judged them at many points in the book. Their behavior was so superficial; they cared only of wealth, material possessions and themselves. If anything went wrong in their plastic world, they could ignore …
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…and drove fancy cars irresponsibly. Tom and Daisy were no exception. They lived life as if consequences could never reach them; their money protected them from all harms. They fit in with the times and were not much different from the rest of the East Eggers. Nick's final judgement of them was accurate and truthful. He saw through their money, and saw who they really were, and so, through his eyes, we discovered their selfishness.