The Fall of Morality Morality in the United States has been deliberately declining since the 1920s and is currently insignificant if not absent in Americans. F. Scott Fitzgerald presents it in his book “The Great Gatsby”. His characters lie about many things in the book, cheat on their spouses constantly and consistently, and rely more on money and material things than anything else. “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald shows how lust in the 1920s caused the downfall of morality through the qualities portrayed by its characters. The most obvious immorality in this book is the characters' infidelity towards their spouses. The characters in the book constantly have affairs with other wives and husbands. Not only do they cheat, but they continue to cheat even after their spouse finds out. For example, Tom Buchanan's relationship with Myrtle Wilson. Both Tom and Myrtle are married to other people, and Tom's wife, Daisy Buchanan, is aware of this relationship, but they continue to live their lives normally. This lustful relationship continues throughout the book...