Lack of morals throughout The Great Gatsby

The lack of morals is found in many different times of society and can still be found today, which leads to people becoming a very negative influence. Many of the characters in The Great Gatsby do not care for others as they should. How the party guests attend is described by Nick, "Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission"(Fitzgerald 33). Many of the people who attended Gatsby's parties were not invited at all, but merely knew someone who would go even if they themselves were not invited. A lot of these people would also participate in drinking his liquor and eating his food without a care for the cost of the supplement. Tom automatically takes the blame for Myrtle's death and pins it on Gatsby, “'Listen,” said Tom, shaking him a little. “I just got here a minute ago, from New York. I was bringing you that coupe we’ve been talking about. That yellow car I was driving this afternoon wasn’t mine — do you hear? I haven’t seen it all afternoon'"(Fitzgerald 101). Tom, being afraid of blamed as a murderer and a grey with Gatsby, automatically blames the death on him. He doesn't even consider the possibility that it was someone else's car or Daisy was driving. The lack of morals in the books The Great Gatsby is prevalent throughout, supporting that Fitzgerald believed that people of the 1920s lacked morals.