How Is Money Corrupt In The Great Gatsby

How do you think money can make a difference, is it positive or negative? Money makes a person develop a sense of power, but is also very corrupt in his nature and personal development. Great Gatsby is the story of Gatsby wanting to marry Daisy, his dream girl. But due to social standards of Gatsby being poor working as a farmer and the Daisy that he loved being a wealthy woman, he was poor at that time. This difference made a big impact on their future. Gatsby worked hard for the past 5 years to get rich and be the man that Daisy deserves. He eventually ended up being rich, but the sad thing was that Daisy had already gotten married to Tom, who was born into wealth and was also of a very high social class. Daisy being with Tom for the past

Here the statement is to conclude that when a person gets money he/she will have a sense of power and feel corrupt about that. Money will make you powerful and corrupt. Giving examples like the way Monna uses her power to dictate the terms of the visit over Federigo shows how corrupt money’s influence can be. And how Monna uses her wealth and influence to make Federigo give her his falcon, which she believes will cure her son's illness. Nick, who is the narrator of the novel and also Daisy’s cousin, refers to the society as a rotten crowd, this highlights how corrupt they became just because of their wealth. Gatsby is killed by George Wilson, and Nick observes the absence of Gatsby's understanding of his time of need. Feeling morally outraged, Nick expresses his disdain for the superficiality of the wealthy party guests compared to Gatsby's perceived integrity. "They're a rotten crowd," (Fitzgerald, 154). Says that all the people that showed up to Gatsby’s parties, none of them showed up. Daisy also says that her daughter should be a fool who goes just for the money and attains such power just as Daisy did for herself by going with

Wealth in feudal society often allowed individuals to evade consequences due to their status, influence, and ability to provide compensation for offenses. This is seen in Federigo's Falcon when Monna Giovanna appeals to Federigo's nobility despite rejecting his advances before. "And therefore I beg you, not because of the love that you bear for me, which does not oblige you in the least, but because of your nobility, which you have shown to be greater than that of all others in practicing courtliness, that you be pleased to give it to me, so that I may say that I have saved the life of my son by means of this gift, and because of it I have placed him in your debt forever." b. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. Monna Giovanna attempts to use her wealth and influence to persuade Federigo to give her his falcon, which she believes will cure her son's illness. She tries to evade the problem of her son's sickness by seeking a solution through material means, namely, by acquiring Federigo's prized