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Tom's Message In The Great Gatsby

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A dead man passed us in a hearse heaped with blooms, followed by two carriages with drawn blinds, and by more cheerful carriages for friends. The friends looked out at us with the tragic eyes and short upper lips of southeastern Europe, and I was glad that the sight of Gatsby's splendid car was included in their sombre holiday. (73) There were the same people, or at least the same sort of people, the same profusion of champagne, the same many−colored, many−keyed commotion, but I felt an unpleasantness in the air, a pervading harshness that hadn't been there before. Or perhaps I had merely grown used to it, grown to accept West Egg as a world complete in itself, with its own standards and its own great figures, second to nothing because it …show more content…

Noting the several aspects that remained constant is very significant to Nick’s message because it shows how out of the large grandiose party, the presents of one person had an impact on the entire event. Although this is common for many events that occur on a daily bases, this is significant because of what Tom represents. Nick eludes to Tom when he uses the word “oppressiveness” based on his restricting relationship with his wife Daisy. However, due to the fact that he connects this to the “world” of West Egg it can be conclude that he is also addressing the often ignored realities of West Egg. Although, based on it’s appearance, West Egg represents economic success, it is also the source of oppression due to the social norms as well as the inability to make decisions based on desire rather than economic standing. This can be seen by Daisy’s choice to marry Tom over Gatsby solely due to his wealth. Thus leading Nick to state that he now is able to see “through Daisy’s eyes” as a way to show that this moment lead to his greater understanding of this meilleure. Beyond this quote, Fitzgerald reveals that despite our materialistic understanding of the upper-class, there are emotional repercussion as a result of one's economic

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Scott Fitzgerald depicts the theme of “wealth can breed carelessness” using point of view. In the text, Nick describes the truth about Tom and Daisy, “I couldn 't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back to 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…” (191) At the end of the story, Nick views Tom and Daisy as careless people. This example depicts “wealth can breed carelessness” by Nick’s perspective because the most critical things that Tom and Daisy had done in this story was ruined other people 's lives, such as leading Myrtle, Gatsby, and George to their deaths, showing no remorse for their actions, and cared only about themselves and their

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The fact that Tom and Daisy don’t think of others and continue their careless behavior, indicates their selfishness. Also, Daisy particularly shows her selfishness by marrying Tom Buchanan for his money instead of waiting for Gatsby. Daisy was already born into a rich family in Louisville, so she never needed more money. However, after Gatsby goes off to war, Daisy marries Tom who gave her “a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars” (Fitzgerald 76). The fact that Daisy did not wait for Gatsby because of her enchantment with Tom’s money, while she had plenty of money herself, demonstrates the power money has to create greed and

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Following Tom’s adulterous acts, he decides to validate Daisy’s feelings using money. Instead of apologizing or having an emotionally driven conversation with Daisy, he uses his wealth to preserve their relationship. Following their argument, he states, "Of course it matters, I'm going to take better care of you from now on" (Fitzgerald 133). Instead of Tom promising to take care of Daisy by having a conversation, he insists on using wealth to mend their relationship. Moving forward, Tom attempts to drive Daisy away from Gatsby through an argument regarding wealth.

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In Tom and Daisy’s relationship, it shows that money can ruin relationships but if you see past that barrier of money there are little pieces of love that stand out more than money. However, at the end of the day Tom and Daisy have money, are united, but they are not happy with each other. Gatsby’s relationship with Daisy includes both money and love. By this Fitzgerald is suggesting that it is possible to have love, however, it leads to difficulties because you can either have the dedication of Gatsby trying to get what he wants and never give up, or you can accept reality and realize how you will not be able to achieve your

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But what gave it an air of breathless intensity was that Daisy lived there—it was as casual a thing to her as his tent out at his camp was to him” (158). The phrase “breathless intensity” characterizes Gatsby’s reaction to seeing such wealth, and the word “air” expresses a sort of intangibility of her wealth. The juxtaposition between Gatsby and Daisy’s perspectives, “breathless” versus “casual,” allude to an insurmountable gap between the idea of the self-made man and the difficulty of actually achieving upward class mobility in America. Here, Fitzgerald suggests that true wealth and class also require a comfortability and casualness toward luxury as evidenced by his comparison of Daisy’s house to Gatsby’s tent. Even when Daisy is ready to leave Tom and Gatsby has the extravagant lifestyle, he is not satisfied.

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