The difference between having money and not, is huge. As you can see in “The Great Gatsby” it really shows the differences in life between the rich and poor and even the differences between some rich people because of how they got their money. People can almost say money is everything, it can determine our happiness, and how we live, and can even determine who we are. Daisy and Myrtle both want money but only one of them does and that’s Daisy. Myrtle lives in a two story building by a slow gas station that her and her husband runs. Daisy is always wearing top notch dresses and accessories while Myrtle is the opposite. She wears dingy somewhat old clothes. Not to mention, Daisy does absolutely nothing with her days. She just does whatever she pleases to do. Myrtle has to help her husband with their business just so they can survive and try to get business at their gas station. She can’t just doddle like Daisy. I believe they both have the same hopes and dreams but they’re just starting out different. I also think their hopes and dreams are the same as in their love life too. Daisy wishes to be with Gatsby and Myrtle wants to be with Tom. Although, Myrtle probably wants to be with Tom because of the life he could give her, Daisy already lives that life and she still would even if she went with Gatsby instead. So I think that Daisy is aiming to be happy with this choice and since Myrtle is so desperate to have money she doesn’t care if Tom is a cheater or mean. You can see in this quote from the “The Great Gatsby” while Myrtle is with Tom she buys all kinds of presents for herself and she doesn’t feel bad about it. She takes her time and gets whatever she wants. She had changed her dress to a brown figured muslin, which stretched ... ... middle of paper ... ...ut his money like Tom does. Gatsby blows so much just to impress Daisy and if he really cared about it I feel like he wouldn’t be blowing so much. It really shows that Gatsby is a good person deep down and doesn’t care about being rich. He just wants to be happy with the love of his life so he has taken the steps he’s had to try and accomplish it. Old money is when somebody has money through their family and it’s handed down like Tom Buchanan has. It’s “old” money. New money is like what Gatsby has. He’s newly became rich by working his way up there. In my opinion, I think that the “old money” people are more stuck up and snooty. All they’ve ever known is having money, they’ve never had to struggle or have understood what it’s like to be poor. While the “new money” people weren’t always rich like they are now. I believe they’re more thankful about their money.
First and foremost, Daisy and Myrtle’s personality differences are apparent, which is how Fitzgerald probably intended it to be. The author wants the reader to dislike Myrtle for her loud, obnoxious nature, her unfaithfulness, and her overall unpleasant temperament. She is portrayed in a negative light and
Initially, Gatsby stirs up sympathetic feelings because of his obsession with wealth. Ever since meeting Dan Cody, his fascination for wealth has increased dramatically. He even uses illegal unmoral methods to obtain hefty amounts of wealth to spend on buying a house with “ Marie Antoinette music-rooms, Restoration Salons, dressing rooms and poolrooms, and bath rooms with sunken baths.” (88) His wardrobe is just as sensational with “ shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine fennel.” (89) Gatsby buys such posh items to impress Daisy but to him, Daisy herself is a symbol of wealth. Jay remarks, “[Daisy’s] voice is full of money.” (115). For him, Daisy is the one who is “ High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden gir...
Tom and Gatsby are very similar in their wealth and lavishness. Gatsby spends his money on any whim, regardless of what it may cost. His parties, for example, cost him huge amounts and are held almost every weekend. Trucks must bring in the food, and the servants work all day to prepare and organize the grounds. The beverages are also brought in by the truckload, and all of the attendees drink heavily. Gatsby then hires a complete string orchestra, a jazz band, an opera singer, and various other entertainers. Most importantly, Gatsby does all of this just to get Daisy's attention, and he has enough wealth to keep doing it every day for as long as it takes.
For five years, Gatsby was denied the one thing that he desired more than anything in the world: Daisy. While she was willing to wait for him until after the war, he did not want to return to her a poor man who would, in his eyes, be unworthy of her love. Gatsby did not want to force Daisy to choose between the comfortable lifestyle she was used to and his love. Before he would return to her, he was determined to make something of himself so that Daisy would not lose the affluence that she was accustomed to possessing. His desire for Daisy made Gatsby willing to do whatever was necessary to earn the money that would in turn lead to Daisy’s love, even if it meant participating in actions...
Daisy and Myrtle live very different lives as well, Daisy lives in a very lavish house, filled with servants and she is waited on hand and foot. Myrtle lives in a small gas station and is very poor, with her husband who works hard all day. They do have ways that they are similar though, they both have abusive and crazed husbands. In one scene, "You did it, Tom," she said accusingly. "I know you didn't mean to, but you did do it. That's what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great, big, hulking physical specimen… “. Myrtle’s husband punches her in the face during the book, and Tom continues to...
As a romantic, Jay Gatsby does not understand how money actually works in American life. He believes that if he is rich, then Daisy can be his. This is displayed most powerfully and poignantly in the scene where Gatsby shows Daisy and ...
In this day and age, money is a very important asset to have. One needs to have at least enough to live on, though great amounts are preferable. In The Great Gatsby, by Thomas F. Fitzgerald, having a large amount of money is not enough. It is also the way you acquire the money that matters. Gatsby and Tom both have a lot of money yet Daisey picks one over the other, not because of the difference in the amount they have, but because of the manner in which it is attained.
Finally, Gatsby is a very appealing character because he has a lot of style and he is driven by this dream of being upper class that he becomes a millionaire and has this remarkable life style but he can’t get Daisy and he dies trying to get her back. Gatsby’s problem is that it’s not enough for him to be rich now he doesn’t care about the parties or the life style. He needs to reach back into this past and start a life with daisy when they were both innocent that was the moment when he needed to be a rich kid but he can’t change the past.
Jay Gatsby started off being very poor and fell in love with Daisy but was separated from her because he fought in World War 1. Once the war was finished and Gatsby could return home he decided not to return because he want to be rich to achieve his dream of being with Daisy. Once Gatsby was rich he became like any other rich man in the 1920s because he was too rich for his own good and believed he could have anything including Daisy. He taught it would be a simple task but he didn’t realized there was more to it than just wealth Gatsby taught it was simple, get rich and then gets Daisy but he was blinded by the idea of wealth and couldn’t see that money wasn’t the
Daisy knows very well that tom is cheating on her, but doesn’t care because it's more convenient to stay in her unhappy marriage. Even though she wants to be with Gatsby, she wants to keep her social status and being with Tom makes this all the easier. Now, this is quite the opposite of Myrtle. She has a loving husband who would do anything for her, but her social status is all she cares about. Myrtle is willing to hurt George and ruin their marriage in order to climb up the social ladder. Neither of these women have respect for themselves. Both Daisy and Myrtle allow Tom to treat them
Wealth has both a good and a bad side. It can change the life of a person for the better or worse, and that is clearly shown in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. Wealth affects the lives of the characters of Their Eyes Were Watching God very differently than the characters of The Great Gatsby. Janie’s wealth came about, mainly, from her failed relationships.
...rom the elite rich, who possess old money. Tom also claims that Gatsby “threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy’s”, (142) and can be said to be using his false wealth to mislead and confuse Daisy and Nick into thinking he is someone of their standards, which shows that Gatsby is not recognised as one of their class. This undercuts the glamorous wealth associated with Gatsby, and the ideal of equality in the American Dream.
“I married him because I thought he was a gentleman... I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe”(page 34). Myrtle wanted the American Dream of having money and in this quote it shows she thought that George would be able to give her that. However, George was actually poor. When Myrtle is was how she met Tom she says that “he had on a dress suit and patent leather shoes” and that she couldn't keep her “eyes off of him”(36). Of course Myrtle goes for a man who is dressed nice because she desires wealth. Lastly, Gatsby says “it seemed to me that she wanted to speak to us, thought we were somebody she knew”(143). This explains that Myrtle thought the yellow car was owned by Tom most likely because Tom, Nick, and Daisy all stopped for gas there earlier in the day. Myrtle died for her strong desire for wealth, she wanted the American Dream.
Throughout The Great Gatsby, Gatsby's lack of taste is evident, which leads to the upper class's rejection of him. Gatsby repeatedly displays his wealth in excessive ways. Gatsby throws extravagant parties, buys flamboyant clothes, and purchases an opulent car and mansion. Throughout the novel, these displays of wealth are met by criticism from those that Gatsby is trying to impress. Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband, and a man of inherited wealth, detests Gatsby.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s three works The Great Gatsby, The Rich Boy, and The Offshore Pirate, money is a recurring theme. In The Great Gatsby, Jay uses his money to try and impress a girl. In The Rich Boy, Anson does not believe the rules apply to him because he is rich. In The Offshore Pirate, Ardita’s yacht is taken over by pirates because of her families money. In all three stories, money changed the characters lives in a bad way because of the way that they thought money made them more powerful.