What would you being willing to do for a lot of money? Some people would go to the extreme by having someone killed, just like Tom and Daisy did to Gatsby in the story. By weaving together the motifs of materialism and lies/illusions throughout the plot. F. Scott Fitzgerald presents an important. Early in the rising action, Fitzgerald mixes both materialism and illusions. When Nick first goes to East Egg from West Egg. Nick goes to his cousin, Daisy’s house because they haven’t seen each other in a while. After being there for a little bit, Tom, Daisy's husband, insists the he and Nick go for a drive. Tom has been lying to Daisy and is cheating on her. Nick not knowing was on his way to meet Tom’s mistress. They drove to the apartment and Nick at first was uncomfortable with the situation but then they started giving him drinks. Nick didn’t drink that often so he ended up getting drunk and opened up to the situation. When they were in the apartment they were all drunk and myrtle kept saying, “Daisy” and Tom got fed up with it and smoked Myrtle and broke her nose. …show more content…
When he arrived to the party he asked around to see if anyone else had an invitation and no one seemed to have one. Nick said, “I had been actually invited. A chauffeur in a uniform of robin’s-egg blue crossed my lawn early that Saturday morning with a surprisingly formal note from his employer: the honor would be entirely Gatsby’s, it said, if I would attend his “little party” that night. He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it — signed Jay Gatsby, in a majestic hand.” Nick wants to help Gatsby get back together with Daisy so he has both of them over to his house for