The Nature of Man in The Great Gatsby

Today, we would define gentleman as representing the human race. What is human character? Human nature refers to the patterns of fashion typical to that of mankind. Every man has both trade good and villainy in him. Sometimes the good may take make or sometimes the mephistophelean can get the best of a person. One usually has some traits that make maven a man, things like universe respectful, loving, and self-serving are among the many things that it is in mans nature to be. Selfishness is delineate merely as concern excessively or totally with oneself: seeking or concentrating on ones own advantage, pleasure, or eudaimonia without regard for others  (Merriam Webster). Most nation assume that self-lovingness is both hurt and unhealthy. A selfish person tends to put ones own necessitate before the needs of others. The needs of one are exclusively as important as the needs of others. One has to be able to draw a line between cosmos too selfish and proficient trying to have a better life. Being selfish requires caring only around what one wants and not what the symmetricalness of society strives for as a whole. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it is evident done the characters that it is in mans nature to be selfish through the act of viciousty, greed, and manipulating others to win a goal. \nIt is in mans nature to be selfish; this is shown through the act of cruelty. Cruelty is shown in the novel when Nick is discourse about toms behaviour. Two incandescence arrogant eyes had completed dominance over his guinea pig and gave him the appearance of always sway aggressively forward ¦ It was a body capable of wide leverage a cruel body  (Fitzgerald, 9). This quote shows how tomcat Buchanan has changed over time. When Nick knew Tom in college years he was very social and marvellous to be around. Nick straight off realizes that Toms characteristics have changed from nice and friendly to cruel and abusive. Toms character represents the selfishness, arrogance, and discernment in people of...