Greediness In The Great Gatsby

No matter how much money someone has or how much they’ve accomplished, they will always desire more. In the book The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author shows that the greediness of characters results in only bad things. Tom, Gatsby, and Daisy in the book were only focused on their own wants and lost appreciation for what they already had. The book shows us this a lot with daisy and Tom's relationship, Daisy betraying Gatsby, and Gatsby using Nick to get Daisy.
Tom and Daisy's relationship portrays greediness. Both Tom and Daisey could buy whatever they wanted but both thrived for more. In the book, the author states, “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”(179) Tom had gone off and had an affair with a woman named Myrtle, she was also in a relationship. Tom had gotten what he wanted and left,

Gatsby had a bunch of huge parties for people to get one person's attention, and that was Daisy. When that had failed to work he thought of something else. That was to become friends with his neighbor who has a connection with her. Gatsby’s first attempt was to invite him to a party with an actual invitation. They then kept hanging out, till he asked Jordan to drop the question to Nick, "He wants to know if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over."(83) He used Jordan to ask because he was too embarrassed to ask for a big favor. Once he heard Nick say yes he was all loving on Nick and offered to pay him. As he saw how close they were he kept Nick around to often hang out with Daisy Gatsby decorate Nick's house and get himself ready. He never once worries about how nick is feeling and we continue to see this when gatsby is dragging Nick everywhere he