"They're a rotten crowd," I shouted across the garden, "you're worth the whole damn bunch put together…" to what extent do you agree or disagree with these statements?

Nick: “Suppose you meet someone just as careless as yourself?”

Jordan: “I hope I never will.”

And later on she says;

“you said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn’t I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward, person. I thought it was your secret pride.” This obviously shows that Jordan is careless and she even admits it. She doesn’t want to live a lie and blame it on others, but Tom and Daisy do. However, Jordan did care because at the end of the book, at the funeral, only Gatsby’s father, Nick and Jordan attended. She came to the funeral instead of playing in the Westchester golf tournament. Jordan is somewhat of a hypocrite though, saying she hates careless people even though she is one herself.

        Daisy on the other hand, does not care. She allows Gatsby to drive the car back and to take the blame for killing Myrtle Wilson and retreats into her money when she goes on holiday and gets the house re-done. She can not stand up for herself and shows that she can not handle pressure. She is very materialistic and only really cares about herself in my opinion. Daisy usually wears white to show that she is just a prize wife, nothing more, nothing less. She is a careless woman who uses her frail behaviour as an excuse for immaturity. She needs to have money and it seems to be the only thing that can win her heart. An example of this is when she breaks down crying whilst holding shirts and saying she’s never seen such beautiful shirts. ‘“Her voice is full of money”’ shows that she is well off and in everyone’s eyes a prize wife.

        Tom is also somewhat of a hypocrite in the book. For instance when he is having an affair and he judges Gatsby and Daisy for having an affair as well. He is immoral and this is shown by him trying to get to the top, not caring who he takes down in the process. He doesn’t worry about himself anymore. He tries to run the lives of the other four main characters in the book, Daisy, Nick, Jordan and Gatsby’s. He is an antagonist in the story, he seizes his opportunity of marrying Daisy while Gatsby is doing his duty. He uses his money in the form of a three thousand-dollar necklace to sweep Daisy off her feet and marry him even though he knows very well that she is in love with Gatsby. He treats Daisy very badly and doesn’t really care because she couldn’t make it in the world without him so he could do what he wanted.

        In conclusion, I agree with the statements in the title because a lot of the time the characters show their vast carelessness. Jordan admits it making her the bigger woman as so to speak. Daisy is very stubborn and wears white dresses to reflect this and Tom is hostile and treats people how he wants.