Hardships In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a well written and exemplary novel of the Jazz age, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald desired writing his books about the roaring twenties and would explain what happened during that time frame. The majority of the characters in The Great Gatsby cared more about money, power, and having a good time then the people in their lives. This lack of caring for others resulted in the hardships the characters faced. Especially, Jay Gatsby was one of these cruel characters.

Gatsby was a very wealthy and greedy man. At this time, alcohol was illegal. All that Gatsby and his friends cared about was the parties and how much money he had. Gatsby also had an affection for one of these women that were at his parties. When Gatsby

was extremely wealthy, some people would be intimidated by him “You’ll look at him sometimes when he thinks nobody’s looking at him. I’ll bet he killed a man (Fitzgerald, pg. 48).” These people would think that he was so rich that he would take control and power of everybody.
These crucial people would consider him his “best friend”. Unmistakably, Gatsby knew that the people that were all there were not their for him, just for all the drinking of alcohol and the dancing. He knew deep down that the people who showed up at his parties were not their for him because these people only showed up for a good time. Gatsby was so determined to get Daisy back, that he worked hard to gain fortune, so that “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay (Fitzgerald, pg 83).”
Many people would say Gatsby’s not great because they see him as a greedy rich guy. He was different because he worked hard for what he got for the fight to get the women of his dreams, Daisy Buchanan. One of the main reason why Gatsby threw all these parties was to try to get Daisy back. The only thing that Daisy wanted was the money to be rich in the 1920’s, but she should not just only think of this. Gatsby wanted to prove to her that he could be rich. You should not buy your love through being rich, but by expressing your inner feelings towards someone.
Gatsby needed to get real friends like Nick Carraway. He was a true friend, but like the ones when he threw at his parties were not. Gatsby should have actually made friends with all the many people that were there. He did not even know half of them. For instance, when he died, he did not have any of friends there at his funeral because he didn't have any at all. He needed to actually care about other people in his life, not just Daisy.
Gatsby's idea of happiness doesn't even come close to what we see as happiness. He thinks that all you need in your life is fame for the parties. Most of the people in this book would only care about all the parties he threw and how much power he could have at such a large amount. This would make all the people around him absence of caring anymore. Would Gatsby worked the way he did for success?