Examples Of Conservatism In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the story of a self-made man known as Gatsby try to gain his lost love known as Daisy. Throughout the book, Gatsby’s attempts to get closer to Daisy are successful until the very end when Gatsby makes Daisy choose between him or her husband and chooses her husband. Oil! By Upton Sinclair discusses the situation between a successful oil business owner known J. Arnold Ross and his son Bunny. Throughout the book, Bunny’s perception of the business starts to be negatively affected as he soon becomes a socialist while his dad is a conservatist. One of the biggest discussion in modern news is President Donald Trump versus the democrats or more specifically republican versus democratic. Modern American

The battle of the rich versus the poor has been seen through literature, and historical and modern events, as the rich have been recognized as a negative influence on society while the poor are seen as underdogs and unselfish. In both novels, the poor and the rich are represented with Bunny and Gatsby depict the poor and J. Arnold Ross and Tom serve as the rich. Although Gatsby is not poor during the book, Gatsby had a poor childhood and young adulthood. Gatsby was a self-made man meaning his money was not inherited like Tom. As Gatsby goes from rags to riches, Bunny does the complete opposite. Bunny goes from being a wealthy businessman's son to an advocate for workers rights. Gatsby and Bunny both have transformations, although in opposite directions, while J. Arnold Ross and Tom do not change at all, they stay rich. The battle in The Great Gatsby is between Gatsby and Tom for the love of Daisy; “She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded,” (Fitzgerald 64). As in the real world, the poor

In America, the republicans are represented by the upper class and businessman, while the democrats are represented by the working class. The main difference between the two governments is “ Republican beliefs in less government, economic survival of the fittest, and less income distribution, as well as the Democratic beliefs in larger government and greater income redistribution to help less fortunate Americans,” (Parla 3). The upper class is more attracted by the importance of the economy with the republicans while the lower class appeals to the democrats in their need for social change. Even though the president of the United States is a republican, the democrats voice is even louder than when Obama was president. Although the president is republican, the democrats have been gaining more political power as the democrats are winning many of the special elections and the Trump administration is greatly decreasing in favoritism (Burns, Lu). The United States of America has more divisive than it has ever been in American history with the help of the media. The media have usually negatively shown Trump and his politics as a way to show the sinfulness of the rich. Since Trump is a very wealthy and successful businessman, much of the lower class strongly disapproves as they believe that Trump has not gone through the struggle like much of the lower