Does Daisy Make Up Into A Wet Ball Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

During many eras in life money is commonly used to buy and enjoy luxuries, these luxuries being a way to differentiate between the lower class and the upper class. In the 1920’s especially, where economics boomed and morals were high, money was used for people to “enjoy” life, but in many instances this enjoyment did not equal happiness. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald employs symbolism and chaotic mood to convey that money often serves as an easy distraction in modern society, but it cannot buy true happiness. Many elites never realize that their wealth does not truly make them happy, but some do. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald is able to depict someone who does realize that money will not make them happy by presenting Daisy before

The pearls from Tom symbolize the wealth he has and could provide Dasy with, but her asking Jordan to take them back is her rejecting Tom and his wealth. The letter she has symbolizes Gatsby, and her clutching on to the letter symbolizes her desire to be with Gatsby. This symbolism helps convey the message as it demonstrates how Daisy is able to have all the money she could ever want by being with Tom, but she desires to be with Gatsby, who doesn't have money, to be truly happy. Another example where Fitzgerald uses symbolism is in Gatsby, when “...the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place.”. The clock he knocks over symbolizes time, and his fumbling with it trying to put it back on the shelf symbolizes him trying to turn time back to so it can be how it used to be with daisy. This symbolism helps convey that money often serves as an easy distraction in modern society, but it cannot buy true happiness as it shows how Gatsby, who has more money than he could ever need, is still trying to turn back time to when he was with Daisy for the first time, when he was truly

An example of him doing this is in chapter two, where Tom and his mistress, Myrtle, are having a small party with friends. The evening started off as a fun night where everyone was hanging out and drinking. The mood at the party quickly changed once Tom and Myrtle were discussing in “impassioned” voices, Myrtle began shouting Daisy's name over and over again, until Tom broke. He hit her and broke her nose. The rest of the women were frantically trying to clean the blood and were scolding Tom. The chaotic mood created in this scene helps convey the message as it shows how Myrtle, who is poor, is able to have a quick distraction by surrounding herself with those in the higher class, such as Tom. In this scene, her distraction turned chaotic, with her ending up with a broken nose. This shows how surrounding herself with money does not make her happy in the end. Another example of this was when Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Jordan, and Nick spent the day together. Their evening started with lunch at Daisy’s house, and turned tense once Daisy and Gatsby were talking and “she told him that she loved him and Tom Buchanan