Merriam Webster's Dictionary defines corruption as the impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principles. In “The Great Gatsby”, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author explains the corruption of the American dream through various characters. One of the characters is the narrator's cousin, Daisy Buchanan. In the story, Daisy only cares about possessions and not people, lets other people take the blame for her actions, and is incapable of love: the ultimate victim by her own design. Daisy's sense of happiness is based on her materialism; resulting in a lack of wisdom or empathy regarding human relationships. She ignores the well-being of other human beings, because she only cares about the things Tom gives her; the house, the money and the jewels. Furthermore, Daisy's focus on materialism leads her to behave like a selfish human being through her reckless lifestyle. Nick states: "I couldn't forgive him or appreciate him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confusing. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy: they tore each other to pieces." things and creatures and then retreated into their money or their immense carelessness, or whatever it was that held them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. (188). Daisy's carelessness reveals her corruption as a human being. He uses his wealth and social status to escape whatever he chooses, such as Myrtle's death. Furthermore, his actions demonstrate the dishonest exploitation of power for personal gain and attention. His character, due to his money, inherently values ​​his advantage over the lower class, revealing an entitled nature. She also doesn't respect anyone around her, sometimes n... middle of paper... with the consequences of her actions. Throughout “The Great Gatsby,” corruption is evident through the people within it. However, we discover that Daisy, initially believed to be the victim of her husband's corruption, we discover that she is the eye of the storm in the story I feel sorry for Daisy, the victim of an arranged marriage, who wishes she would find the happiness she apparently wanted with Gatsby. We finally see Daisy for what she is, a truly corrupt soul, her lifestyle languid and materialistic, allowing Gatsby to take the blame for his senseless action of killing Myrtle and to pose as the final victim while "allowing" to Tom to take her away from the unpleasant business she has created. Daisy, the ultimate image of apparent innocence is the most unexpected and therefore most effective image of corruption, leading to the downfall of the American dream by a good man.