Theme: The Rich are careless people. Throughout The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's characters continuously prove to show that the rich are careless people, or that they can afford to not care about others at all. The rich people in the book have a sense of being better than everybody else is, but not showing it exactly at face value. They are completely careless and throw caution to the wind. They ignore how others feel …showed first 75 words of 545 total…

…showed last 75 words of 545 total…money or their vast carelessness..." That is a statement of how careless Daisy and Tom are. The rich are careless people who don't care. They go around running over people without blinking, and think that because of their money they are better than everyone is. Characters continuously prove to show that the rich are careless people, or that they can afford to not care about others at all in F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.