In the 1920s, corruption hasn't just taken over towns, but cities, even the country. Bootlegging, the selling of alcohol when there is a ban on alcohol, had become very popular because of immigrants and the American desire for the outlawed substance. Many people were corrupted including government officials, law firms, even high ranking generals. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Meyer Wolfsheim is just one of the many, alongside Jay Gatsby, who was a bootlegger. Jay Gatsby and Meyer Wolfsheim are who people that have large sums of money and who almost always take responsibility for themselves. Tom, Daisy and Myrtle are three characters in The Great Gatsby who take no responsibility for their actions, in which the lives of others are destroyed and demonstrate how the corruption of the 1920s can ruin one’s life. Tom takes no responsibility when he decides to flee with his family to escape the truth and allow Gatsby to take the fall after telling Wilson who killed Myrtle. In the book, Gatsby was killed a short time ago when Nick was planning the funeral, he explains what happened when calls up Daisy to talk to her. “I called up Daisy half an hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hesitation. But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them.” (164). Throughout the book Tom tries to get away from any problem he faces by lying and hiding behind his money. He gets scared when things get tough so he has other people do the job that he should have done himself. After Gatsby gets killed, he packs up his things, goes to an undisclosed area and lives the rest of his life and lets others take the blame for the death of Myrtle Wilson. And ultimately George Wilsons action of killing Gatsby. Daisy, who takes no responsibility for her actions, is another example of one who allows Gatsby take the fall for killing Myrtle. Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, Jordan, and Nick had all went to New Yor