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…showed last 75 words of 1282 total…unobtainable to him that he wants her more and more. The entire time that he is trying to get Daisy he tries to think that he is doing it just for love. The story The Great Gatsby gives us the message that people will try to justify their corrupt actions in order to feel better about what they are doing. Gatsby only cared about himself, therefore he is a classic example of pure corruption embodied.