Self-centered people live in a world where only their own agenda matters and the wants and needs they have override any moral code ingrained in their conscience. This type of person becomes oblivious to all the things around them that maintain order, as they ignore any concerns that conflict with what they desire. These people are depicted in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, set on Long Island in the 1920s, The Great Gatsby. The book, which takes an almost satirical view of the social and moral problems of the 1920s, shows how people completely immersed only in their own affairs are never satisfied. Like many of the characters in The Great Gatsby, being careless about the lives of others leads you to become miserably self-centered and naive, which was evident at all levels of the social structure of the 1920s. It seems that all of the characters in the book, ranging from those who attend Gatsby's parties, to Gatsby himself, display acts of self-centeredness throughout the novel. The middle-class citizens who flock to West Egg for its parties have no desire to actually meet Gatsby and only attend the parties for their own gain. They destroy her house every weekend, only to return again and expect her to be ready for them. The actions they take show how in this era people were immersed in themselves and that they didn't care how something happened, as long as it didn't conflict with the plans they had to create conflict. Even the lower classes, who lived in the ash fields of Long Island, had their preferences above what was best for those around them. Myrtle, Tom's lover, embodies how wealth and temptation can lead a person to be naive and thoughtless of what they already have. ... half of the paper ... originated in the exuberant wealthy class, but ranged throughout the class system of this time period. A self-centered person is someone to feel sorry for, because he is so self-absorbed that he will never see the world clearly. A self-centered nation, or island in this case, goes beyond being a feature and instead becomes a trend. The idea of ​​burning through wealth and giving up your personal values ​​for something that brings you pleasure is an unrealistic way to live. The nation has begun to take a turn for the worse, and is almost foreshadowing the doomed future. In the 1930s the Great Depression hit and I'm sure the idea of ​​being self-centered died out. This follow-up is proof that being self-centered leads to downfall or change. Even if a person could live like Daisy forever, they wouldn't really live, because they would never be truly satisfied.