Compare The Culture In The Great Gatsby

The culture in the Great Gatsby and the culture now is similar in some ways. One similarity is money. In the Great Gatsby, most people had a lot of money and thought it was important. High priced and expensive items is what people liked in the Great Gatsby. Since the stock market was at a good place and many people made good money, they usually just spent all their money. For example, in the novel many people partied all the time and splurged on houses , cars, alcohol, and women bought a lot of nice clothing like dresses. In the Great Gatsby no one really thought about any negatives. Their life consisted of money,parties, and happiness. For our culture nowadays people still need money since it is important to living but people now don’t spend

their money as much. Another similarity would be power. In the novel Gatsby and Tom have a lot of power since they have a lot of money and they act like they're above everyone. Tom and Gatsby were selfish at some points in the novel. For example, Gatsby and Tom were both cheating and they did not seem to care since they felt they had all the power in the world. In our culture now there is less cheating but some people like to cheat since they feel they can do what they want. Also, people with a lot of money still act selfish and feel they have a lot of power.
One difference between the novel’s culture and the culture now is being careful. In the novel no one is careful with relationships or money. For example, Tom had a beautiful wife named Daisy but they both were foolish and stayed with one another. It seemed like Tom was more in love with Myrtle than Daisy. Like I said before no one seemed to really care about their money, it was all about spending. In our culture now people are way more careful with relationships and money. Most people have a savings account and do not spend all their money at once. Nowadays people know it is important to save money just in case anything happens. Stocks are still popular but people are more careful just in case the stock market goes down. With relationships people are more faithful and they try to work things out instead of just acting like nothing is wrong.