Starting from a humble background, the incredible rags-to-riches story of Jay Gatsby in “The Great Gatsby” demonstrates the American dream and how money is the instigator for relationships, motivations and ultimately, outcomes. Gatsby was born to poor farmer parents in North Dakota, using only his natural charm to begin his relationship with Daisy Buchanan. Diasy was a part of the During his leave for WW1, he came back to realise she was gone and ran away to the fashionable East egg with Tom Buchanan. This started his strive to earn enough money and win Daisy over, turning to crime to quickly attain his enormous wealth. At the beginning of chapter 3, Gatsby throws a huge party with his newly attained wealth, as “.his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from …show more content…
After all, “People were not invited-they just went there.” There did not come for Jay, just for the rich experience. When Gatsby reunites with Daisy for the first time in five years, he is anxious to walk with her over to his extravagant mansion next door and show it off to her. Wanting to impress her, he begins showing his newly bought t-shirts in a beautiful array of colours with Daisy “...[admiring] the shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple green.” The imagery around Gatsby’s lifestyle is beautiful, aesthetically appealing, but not appealing enough for overly materialistic Daisy. She then begins to break down, “I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before.” Fascinatingly, her emotion shows in front of Gatsby, not after their reunion, not even at the initial sight of the mansion—but at this extreme display of wealth. This speaks to her materialism and how, in her world, a certain amount of wealth is a barrier to entry into a relationship (friendship or