Ownership In The Great Gatsby

Ownership is the act, state, or right of possessing something. Many people believe taking ownership is parallel to taking responsibility. In some cases, taking responsibility can be rewarding, but in other cases, it can be very self centered. According to Aristotle, ownership of tangible objects leads to develop moral character, even though it is not stated whether those morals are good or bad. Plato exaggerates how disparaging ownership can be to one's character and life. The affect ownership obtains on moral character is intensely detrimental. Ownership can very easily be connected to the abuse of power. In The Crucible, many people had convinced themselves that they were capable of accusing truly innocent people of falsely practicing witchcraft. They were so consumed in the idea that they could control which people were killed, so it quickly became a game to them where they would accuse men or women that they disliked of practicing witchcraft merely so they would be hanged. Since the characters in The Crucible were so entitled to their opinion, they felt as if they basically

In The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan is an immensely wealthy, arrogant, hypocritical man who has no respect for woman. Because Tom is so filthy rich and owns a huge, beautiful house, he assumes he can mistreat his wife Daisy. Tom constantly cheats on her while she is aware because he knows that he basically owns and attracts her with his money. Another character in The Great Gatsby that presents completely opposite characteristics than Tom Buchanan is Nick Carraway. Nick owns an average house and is not even close to as wealthy as Tom. It is demonstrated in the book how Nick is more honest and tolerant than Tom since Nick owns less. In other words, Tom is egotistical through his money and objects he owns while Nick is a more tolerable character by how he is not overly