To what extent is The Great Gatsby a moral novel. Discuss. The society our nation lives in today has developed morals and principles through lessons learned from the past. The Roaring Twenties were a time of change and an opportunity to pave the way for the person you wanted to become. Morals and principles served as guidelines rather than rules and were simply preached and practiced. Thus, the severity of ongoing immoral acts has created opportunities for lessons to be learned. In his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrated various moral lessons through the downfall and corruption of various characters due to their immoral actions. The narrator, Nick Carraway, is a young man who, throughout the novel, observes his friends and their attempts to realize their deepest desires, and in turn learns from their mistakes. The novel offers us the opportunity to discover right from wrong and although it illustrates corruption, morality shines through. The novel The Great Gatsby is above all a moral novel because it teaches us not to let emotions cloud our judgment, to chart our own path and not to follow others and, above all, that the indulgence of money corrupts and cannot buy happiness. First, the novel teaches us not to let our emotions cloud our judgment. For example, after Myrtle's death, Wilson lets his current feelings of pain and anger drive him to commit murder and then commit suicide. “Thus Wilson was reduced to a man disturbed by grief. » (155) The consequences of his wife's death were too much for Wilson to handle, and his anguish clouded his once peaceful nature. Thus, Wilson's impaired judgment and its consequences demonstrate a moral lesson to be learned. Additionally, Gatsby's great love for Daisy drives him to devote his entire life to trying to create a lifestyle that suits her. He fails to recognize her selfish and uncaring nature, but is instead blinded by his past love for her. "He spoke as if Daisy's reaction was the only thing that mattered."(136) Even though Daisy had just committed murder, all Gatsby worried about was her well-being and he neglected his moral judgment by not caring not the consequences of his death. actions. This shows that we should never let love for others blind them from reality. Finally, after killing Myrtle, while feeling worried and guilty, Daisy allows herself to let Gatsby blame himself for the whole incident..