The Great Gatsby: Wealth Can Change A Person

Patrick Martinson

Ms. Meyers

American Literature II

19 January 2023

Wealth Can Change a Person Why do people change when they become wealthy? Imagine the countless possibilities that come with being extremely wealthy. When people have lots of money they seem to not care what they spend it on or who they impact. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby thought that having lots of money was going to help get the girl of his dreams, but being rich did not help him. These lessons about money are not only relevant within this work of fiction, but they can be found in society. Whether it is through The Great Gatsby, Allan Iverson, or Micheal Jackson, people do not know how to act in public places when they are wealthy; their wealth can cause them to be

Within F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, there are many neglectful people within the story. Jay Gatsby is a good example in the story, because he was not careful with how he spent his money, and how he showed it. Other people saw him as a greedy person and saw how he was trying to impress Daisy Buchanan with the money he has. Introduction for the quote. Example that leads into this quote - Like when Gatsby said, “I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night,' went on Jordan” (Fitzgerald).Gatsby doesn’t care how or if he hurt other people emotionally or physically, because he thinks that nobody is better than him. Tom Buchanan is similar to Jay Gatsby because he is greedy, and also doesn’t know how to not show that he has money. Other characters in the play like Nick say that he’s very careless, and everything goes back to the money. Some other people like Allan Iverson, who is one of the NBA’s most known people to play basketball, is also connected to the Great Gatsby, because of how he and other wealthy people use their money. Iverson went broke because of his reckless spending on things that

He was not smart with his financial decisions. Most people would want to save their money, but Jackson had a different idea. “Yet after selling more than 61 million albums in the U.S. and having a decade-long attraction open at Disney theme parks, the “King of Pop” died Thursday at age 50 reportedly awash in about $400 million in debt, on the cusp of a final comeback after well over a decade of scandal” (Billboard staff 1). From this it demonstrates what it's like when people like you and respect you, but Michael does not make smart decisions. Jackson was a star to many people, which is why he's like Jay Gatsby. They are similar in many ways because with-out Gatsby he wouldn’t have been able to throw the parties and hope Daisy would come. In comparison Jackson was trying to make better decisions and ended up passing away in 2009. From these real world examples and the book The Great Gatsby, hopefully people will be more mindful and appreciative of what they have. The Great Gatsby, Allan Iverson, and Michael Jackson remind society that its not all about money or who has the better house, but it is just about being respectful towards