The theme of carelessness in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-- they smashed up things and creatures and the retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was the kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (Fitzgerald 180-181). In the novel …

…it is Daisy who is ultimately the most careless because as a result, Daisy harmed more people than Tom and she was responsible for the death of Myrtle Wilson. Carelessness is demonstrated when people do not take concern in situations. It is when people lack forethought or thoroughness like Tom and Daisy. However, negligence should not be so controlling that it has the ability to eventually lead to the death and betrayal of many people.