The characters' search for their own identity and the struggle that follows is the most prevalent theme throughout The Great Gatsby. The fact that we never really get to know the characters and the immoral and corrupt things they do directly represent the upper class lifestyle of the 1920s. The characters continued to cheat on their spouses, letting money become their obsession and debating the American dream in the hope of one day achieving happiness. But the fact remains that they have no real morals or ideals as individuals. This is a group of people who, no matter how arrogant and self-assured they seem, have absolutely no idea what they're doing (like many men and women in their 20s ). Tom and Daisy are two examples. Daisy is a hospitable character who loved parties and tended to get lost and drink. Daisy once said, “What shall we do with ourselves this afternoon, and the next day, and the next thirty years? » This quote not only means that she lives one day at a time without thinking about the future, but that she really has no idea what to do with herself. She is like small change floating from party to party, from man to man, from friend to friend, in a big house in East Egg, without any purpose. She already tried to plan something when she first found Nick. She said, “What are we going to plan?” What are people planning? meaning she never had to make decisions and never had much responsibility. Not only does she have no purpose, she has no morals. She literally killed a woman and went home to eat cold chicken. Additionally, her lover was killed and she went on a trip, missing his funeral. Show me a woman who has no morals or goals and I will show you a woman who is searching for her own identity. Tom Buchanan is a small man hiding in a big house with an equally big ego. In fact, he once remarked that women run around too much and meet the wrong kind of people. This statement is both arrogant and ironic because he hangs around with the wrong people and women run with him – he is the wrong person. Additionally, by stating this he was most likely referring to his wife and subtly belittling her for her relationship with Gatsby in a most vain manner..