Examples Of Money In The Great Gatsby

Chasing Money The Great Gatsby “Money can't buy happiness” Long Island is split into two parts, West Egg and East Egg. What distinguishes the two is how they get their money and where they are in society. If someone is born or inherits money and is a person who is already established in society and does not have to work for what they have, then they live in an East Egg. They live a lavish life and spend their time partying and being carefree. When someone is newly rich and has to work for the money they have and has to build their place in society, then they live in West Egg. They spend their time making money. In The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald the characters Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby, and Nick Carraway's views of money are affected

Gatsby spent all of his life trying to reach that goal. “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people-his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all.” (Fitzgerald 98) This shows how all his life he longed to be in high society but the only true way to do that is to get married into it which was one of the reasons Daisy was so important to him. He worked really hard to be rich but still ended up in West Egg and spent the rest of his life trying to get the status of the people in East egg. “As it turns out, no amount of reinvention will be enough to make the dream reality... Gatsby’s American dream leads to his death.” (Cambria) Gatsby tried his hardest to be on the next level of wealth but while doing that he ruined relationships and made enemies. Even with all of that he was not able to achieve his dream if he had not tried so hard he could have been still alive. He had one dream of getting respect and being able to be with the love of his life. “Gatsby’s dream of reviving the love he once shared with Daisy Fay, (Eble 88) The only way he thought he could achieve this dream was through money. If he was respected and high up in society Daisy would think the same as everyone else. While Gatsby spent his whole life

He has respect for others no matter how much money they have or their societal status.‘ “ Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “Just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” ‘ (Fitzgerald, 1) This shows a lesson he was taught about respecting others and what he brought along with him. In all these cases money never led them to happiness. “Carraway, too, hopes to reconcile emotional ideals, like love, with the harsh realities of life, … Carraway's situation is therefore similar to Gatsby's because they both attempt to reconcile the power and prestige of money with the moral dilemma. that great wealth can bring. (Wyly 46). This shows how Nick recognizes the problem that wealth brought to himself and people he knows. They try to use wealth and position as a way to fix problems in their life. Even though the characters live in different places and have different amount of wealth they all run into problems caus by