Examples Of Money In The Great Gatsby

Whoever said “money does not grow on trees” had clearly never visited West nor East egg. Wealth there was as plentiful as the leaves upon a tree in full bloom. Set in the early 20s The Great Gatsby truly shows the reader how easily thrown away money was during this day and age, weather it be new or old money. The citizens of this era were in for a rude awakening when they learned that not only could money not buy them everything but that a solely materialistic lifestyle would get them nowhere in life. The phrase “daddy’s money” would fittingly apply to the island of East Egg, the location in which Tom and Daisy reside. The people of this egg were people whose families had been bathing in wealth for years and had the “old money”. Much opposite

Throughout the novel the reader sees Jay Gatsby alter everything in his life just to accommodate for his precious Daisy. Gatsby even gets himself into illegal business with Myer Wolfsheim whom has the “Finest specimens of human molars” (Fitzgerald 72) as his cuff links. The main purpose for Gatsby’s persuit of wealth is to obtain Daisy. When they had first fallen in love Gatsby was told he would never marry her because poor boys don’t marry rich girls. This ignited a fire in Gatsby’s heart and motivated him to become wealthy. When Gatsby finally managed to get Daisy to his house he wanted her to realize that he was now not such a poor boy. Nick even noted that Gatsby had “revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes” (Fitzgerald 91). After his visit with Daisy Gatsby had gone to visit the Buchanan home, while there Gatsby said to Tom what he believed to be the truth that “She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me!” (Fitzgerald 130) Gatsby thoroughly believed that money was the only thing that lay between he and Daisy’s relationship and now he had the money therefor they should be together. But Daisy was soon to shoot down Gatsby by stating “I did love him once- but I loved you too.” (Fitzgerald (132). Despite Gatsby having all the money in the world this still cannot change the fact that Daisy did once love