Have you ever felt like somebody was watching you? This is a common feeling when dealing with moral turpitudes. In the book, "The Great Gatsby," there are many different forms of watchers (eyes) that are witnessing these immoral acts, but just because there is someone watching, doesn't always mean the characters were on their best behavior. In this essay I will discuss three immoral turpitudes found in "The Great Gatsby"; decadence, rumors, gossip, and murder. .
The first immoral act I will discuss is decadence; Fitzgerald wrote "He (owl eyes) cried triumphantly. Its a bona fide piece of printed matter. It fooled me, the fellas(Gatsby) a regular Belasco a triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to stop too - didn't cut the pages. What do you want? What do you expect" (46)." I choose this quote because it is a great example of Gatsby's decadent behavior. He owned a library full of books that he never read; he filled it with books for show. Another Example of Gatsby's decadent ways was at one of his extravagant parties; "When I was here last I tore my dress and he asked me my name and address. Inside of a week I got a package from Courier's with a new evening gown (43)". .
Gatsby's money was endless and he wanted everyone to know. Not only did he buy clothes for a complete stranger, but his own selection of clothes was endless. "He (Gatsby) took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them one by one, before us (Daisy and Nick), shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel, which lost their folds as they fell and covered the table in many colored disarray. While we admired he brought more and the soft rich heat mounted higher-shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaid in coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange, with monograms of Indian blue (92)", in this quote Nick (the narrator) is in Gatsby's house with Daisy (Gatsby's first love) watching Gatsby show his decadent amount of clothing.