Life with more money that one can imagine appears to be the best possible way to live. But people in this situation can agree that this is not necessarily the best possible way to live. It appears that Gatsby has his life all set, but once he is rich, his life in regards to love and other people’s point of view shows that he is really on a path that leads to a lonely and melancholy life. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, society in the Roaring Twenties believes money is the true key to happiness. Gatsby proves them wrong because even with the myriad of wealth, he lives a miserable life.
Jay Gatsby’s method of making money comes with hard work in both how he learns to do it, and the actual process of making it. This does come with drawbacks, but it is the first step towards his goal of getting
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Gatsby is the only person who has enough money to have an expensive yellow car, which stands out from all other cars. Because of Gatsby’s yellow car, Tom is able to blame Myrtle’s death on Gatsby. When the people say it was a yellow car that hit her, everyone that is there agrees with each other. This gives Tom the opportunity to get rid of the man who is trying to get with his wife. “Gatsby dies, not at the hands of fellow gangsters, but because Daisy's jealous husband tells Wilson that Gatsby killed Myrtle” (Roberts). Gatsby’s social status is really what causes his death, and without all of his money and society's view of Gatsby, he would not have been put in this situation. Nick describes Gatsby’s house as lonely, exemplified by Gatsby’s huge house. Nick is used to Gatsby’s house having ton of people every weekend so when he initially sees Gatsby’s house “I (Nick) thought it was another party...but there was not a sound” (81). At this point, Nick understands that Gatsby is truly lonely and how sad his life