How Can Money Buy Everything In The Great Gatsby

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In the story The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald they think that money buys them everything .Soon they’ll find out that they are going to have it the hard way. Along with tough moment in which wealth won't be able to do anything about it. “ The Great Gatsby” by Fitzgerald illustrates how excessive desire for material wealth can really damage your reputation and the reputation of those around you. Throughout the whole story the rich people seem to be carelessness of their money and also their material goods. Some examples of this could be how he used to throw those huge parties and no one would know him. “I believe that on the first night i went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited- …show more content…

Kind of like how rich people are now a days they just have money and whether they do something right or wrong they don't care because money buys them everything. According to Gatsby he has to continue to throw big parties. Gatsby in other words is someone considered a “new money”. What that means to me is just that one person who has to show off what they have in this case money. To his parties he “dresses nice and drives a yellow car”. You may ask yourself why is he doing this all to get Daisies attention. The only problem with this is that Daisy is with someone named Tom Baker. The story describes him as an “athletic person”. Many people might believe that Gatsby is a very wealthy man but few can disagree. In the story Gatsby says that hes going to tell them “ gods truth” and his truth is that “ he is the son of some wealthy people in the Middle West” (Fitzgerald 65). Nick now knew why Jordan Baker believed that he was lying. Of course people question where he gets all that money. They don't really know anything other than that he is a bootlegger. The way that Gatsby tried to get Daisy back is wrong. He think that money can buy her happiness. Which is sadly true, Daisy is one of those gold diggers that does everything …show more content…

Its actually more possible for someone wealthy to struggle with money instead of someone with not that much wealth. Myrtle and Wilson both feel like they need money to make each other happy. She is also having an affair with Tom who is married to Daisy. Myrtle is not satisfied with her man.”Who said I was crazy about him? I never was any more crazy about him than i was about that man there”. Myrtle is showing that she’s not satisfied with her husband. When she looks at him Myrtle probably sees dollar sign.Yet again who does money satisfy? Tom brings Myrtle happiness and buy her stuff. She told Tom in the story that she “wanted to get one of those dogs”. (Fitzgerald 27) When a girl gets everything that she wants of course she’s going to be with him. At the end it caused her death. And thats what changes everything.The death of Gatsby’s death it was similar to Myrtle’s. No one seem to want to get involve since they knew they only cared about what he did since he was the one with the money. Meyer Wolfsheim said that “he was tied up in some important stuff”(Fitzgerald 166). He had to of used that as an excuse because him and Gatsby did business together. Visiting Gatsby at least for one more time since he was dead didn't seem to bother Wolfsheim, because money ruined the person that Gatsby was. We all come to find out that in the end money gets us stuff but it won't get us anywhere

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