Examples Of Mone In The Great Gatsby

In The Great Gatsby, the obsession with mone is itself used to critisize the idea “that money is everything.” The author uses irony and personification regarding Jay Gatsby to establish a shell of a man who while agreeing with the sentiment shared by Lord Fermor, has nothing of meaning besides his money. The reader is introduced to the story and characters through Nick, someone who has very little knowledge of life there. By extension, the amazement towards Gatsby and his exorbitant wealth are equally held between Nick and the reader. Immediately the author utlizies irony when Gatsby becomes soh onest with Nick. As an audience, we begin to understsand that a man who has it all would not be so quick for any human connection. This idea is at the core of who Jay Gatsby is as he has played the character of “The Great Gatsby” rather than living as himself. In building the distinction between having nigh-infinite wealth and being fulfilled, the author clearly dissaproves of the quote and Gatsby’s beliefs as a character. In a way it seems, money is a tool towards getting results, but it can never become nor replace the results themselves.

In this way, the treatment of those with money as greater than is brought into question. Gatsby’s life was taken not in a romantic or valiant way, but rather by the hands of a poor man. More specifically, a poor man whom had all Gatsby couldn’t. Through the loss of his wife, the poor man became delusional towards getting back at those that killed her. By establishing a parrallel between Gatsby and the poor man in this way, we can see how they both had the same desire, but different means. Exactly in the way that the poor man had, Gatsby becomes delusional. He loses his grasp on reality all for the sake of his lover. Although he lived lavishly, he and his death were the same as the poor