Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby
In The Great Gatsby different people are affected by money in many of ways.
In Gatsbys case, it means that he will finally have a chance at getting Daisy; he didnt have a chance when he was younger do to the fact of him being poor. However, In the long run his money turns against him and instead becomes a hurdle in getting Daisy. Gatsby gained wealth to impress Daisy; he felt that his glamorous parties and expensive cars was enough to win over the heart of someone. He was trying to win a heart over with money, and doing this is obviously something frowned upon. This can be compared to the way he received his money, which always brings up another point of his fraudulent ways.
When Gatsby and Daisy first met, Gatsby was in the war and was very poor. Gatsby coming from a middle-class family from the Midwest became someone of a barrier for him as Daisy came from a wealthy family. Gatsbys only drive in life was to get Daisy, which led him to dedicating his life to becoming wealthy as this is what he thought was the answer. He bought a mansion and every weekend, he threw ridiculously large parties hoping that maybe Daisy might show up at a one of the parties. At the parties he obviously went over the edge all the time. He had live bands playing, he brought in crates of fresh fruits and vegetables and he had an overly large amount of alcohol. He had a yellow Rolls-Royce which unknown in the beginning, later becomes somewhat of an ironic symbol. Nevertheless, all of this was to impress Daisy and this could be proven do to the fact he not once left one of his parties. While all the people or better yet “wanderers” were having a good time at Gatsbys expense, he would just sit and watch from a room in his window.
The key difference to Gatsbys wealth and the rest of the people surrounding him, such as Tom and Daisy, is the way in which he went to get his money. This was shown solely by where he lived, which was in West Egg. People who were always rich and had there money passed down from generations lived in East Egg. This can be another clear sign that no matter how much Gatsby tries to fit in, whether its his constant bragging and flaunting that he will not be able to. This becomes clear during a fight when Tom realizes whats going on between Daisy and Gatsby. However, he puts Gatsby in his place by basically letting it be known of how fake he is. This result Gatsby being in denial as it settles in that no matter what Gatsby does Daisy will stay with Tom simply because of the overwhelming amount of purity he has over Gatsby.
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