The Great Gatsby: Adults in the Great Gatsby and Adults in the 80s and 90s The young adults in F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby are similar to the adults of the 80's and 90's. They show resemblance by portraying racism, irresponsibility, and corruption. Like the young adults of the 80's and 90's many display integrity and are innocent. The people of the two generations exploit violence and have gangs and gang leaders. The generation of the 20's and the generation of the 90's exhibit irresponsibility and corruption through many characters such as Myrtle, Meyer Wolfshiem and Tom. After Myrt