Some wealthy people tend to use their powerful status to take advantage of people and situations.These people believe that they have obtained the American dream when in reality they're hurting themselves and others.In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald,Jay Gatsby, and Tom Buchanan are two wealthy men that use money and stature to manipulate people and affairs.Money does not buy happiness,but it can bring the pain.My claim is supported by the actions of Jay Gatsby,Tom Buchanan, and Myrtle Wilson. Gatsby has spent most of his life building his wealth to impress Daisy but still couldn't capture the love and attention from her that he longed for.Fitzgerald wrote “He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and Say:I never …show more content…
He came down with a hundred people in four private cars, and hired a whole floor of the Seelbach Hotel and the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.”(80) This shows that Daisy married Tom because he showered her with gifts and spoiled her with an expensive wedding.During an argument with Tom,Daisy says "You're revolting....Do you know why we left Chicago?I'm surprised that didn't treat you to the story of that little spree"(131)This is a representation of how she knows that Tom is cheating and as a result they had to leave Chicago because of the scandal.after the accident resulting in Myrtle's ,Gatsby's,and George's Death the Buchanan's were nowhere to be found.Nick says "they were careless people . . . [who] smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together"(187-88) This also represents that Daisy used Tom money to cover up things that she did as well as what he did.Because Tom had money and was able to secure a future for Daisy they got married even though he treats her