Why Do We Need Money In The Great Gatsby

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The wealthy are praised upon, worshipped because of what they have and others do not. It is like a desire for things like clothes and the lifestyle, that is why people want riches. In The Great Gatsby, it is exemplified many times of what gatsby wants, he desires Daisy, but Daisy does not live or care for love. She strives for only herself, her voice, "it was full of money- that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it... High in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl..."(Fitzgerald 120). Many women wanted to be just like Daisy, perfect in the face and have the largest house. People use this false happiness to manipulate and cause hurt. Obviously Daisy used it, she knew Gatsby loved her, so she did nothing to stop the blame of a murder to fall on him, knowing that he would not say a single thing. …show more content…

This gives people hope for the future, stimulating trust in what does not exist. These people put trust in their governments because America is known as the land of promise. But the higher power does not actually care about us, they are similar to Daisy, "like the false promise of Daisy's moneyed voice, or the green light on her dock, which is invisible in the mist" ("The Great Gatsby 81). This connects to how people of the poor believe in their job to help them when in need. But they do not actually want to help, the only reason billionaires help their workers is so they do not have to look for another employee. Say the current one is an immigrant, well then he can just pay that immigrant less and get away with it. But if they have to pay an outstanding citizen, well then that businessman is making less than before. In society, everyone is put under this illusion that the government, businesses, and landowners are out to help those in

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