How Can Money Guarantee Happiness In The Great Gatsby

In the song “Can’t Buy Me Love” written by the Beatles, they claim that they can buy anything there friend desires but it sure can not buy them love (Genius, 1964). In the story, Fitzgerald shows us many examples of Jay Gatsby’s way of living in having a lot of money and he constantly tries to use that money to win Daisy away from Tom, her husband. Just like in the song Gatsby does not achieve the love of his old friend Daisy with money. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” a wealthy man, Gatsby makes strong efforts to win back the heart of his lover, Daisy Buchanan. F. Scott Fitzgerald also demonstrates through the characters of “The Great Gatsby” that money cannot buy one's happiness.

Throughout history many societies have had upper, middle, and lower classes. The classes formed separate communities of diverse living and never crossed social barriers. In the book, The Great Gatsby, instead of streets and communities separating each class there was a sound. On West Egg, the rich received their money not from inheritance but from what they accomplished by themselves. They worked hard for their money and received no financial support from their families. These people gained in one of two ways; either they worked for it or relied on illegal means for survival. On the other hand, or island, East Egg natives represent the class of society that receive money from their

Throughout the modern era, society’s views on money’s effect on a person’s emotions have drastically changed. Many people believed that the more money a person has, the more satisfied he or she will be. However, due to recent conclusions made by writers and case studies, money has proven to not be responsible for a person’s contentment. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Daisy and Gatsby’s wealth ultimately shows the reader that money does not equal happiness.

He relied on his money to buy him amnesty from what is socially acceptable. Tom’s affair with Myrtle was portrayed as a love affair. He deceived her into believing she was something more than just a mistress. In the novel, Catherine mentions, “...If I was them I’d get a divorce and get married to each other right away” (Fitzgerald 37). This quote shows how Tom has made his relationship with Myrtle seem genuine. However, it is later mentioned that Tom always finds his way back to Daisy. When she was informed of his affair, she felt obligated to her reputation to stay with him even though she was extremely unhappy. This unhappiness led Daisy into Gatsby’s arms. Tom believed it was fair to stay with his wife and mistress, but when he discovered Daisy’s affair he was completely taken aback. In Tom’s mind, Daisy could not have an affair because it was morally unacceptable. He did not care about how he treated his wife, but he would not be mistreated by her. Myrtle believed their affair was one of love and passion. She invested her heart into her relationship with Tom because she loved him. However, their love was not mutual. After Myrtle’s death, Tom saved himself and disguised their affair as one between Gatsby and Myrtle. Tom placed no importance on his relationship with Myrtle unless it benefitted him in some way. Daisy and Myrtle were toys in his own game of

“I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love.” – The Beatles. The Beatles would choose happiness over money, would you? Most people would probably not think about it and choose money, but a few would choose happiness. In this theme paper, Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, and Daisy Buchanan show us that dissatisfaction and the want for more can lead to worse things.

Daisy Buchanan is portrayed as a wealthy and outwardly appealing model of the modern 1920’s woman that is comfortable with her highly desirable and materialistic lifestyle. Daisy used the prospect of money to eradicate the thought of her ephemeral relationship with Gatsby, which was not meant to last from the beginning. Despite the

Imagine winning the lottery and being a multimillionaire. Now think, would having all of this money cure personal problems and provide endless happiness? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, demonstrates how wealth cannot buy happiness. Keeping in mind the early 20th century setting, people and social status were usually distinguished by wealth. Throughout the novel, several instances occur where wealthy people become involved in serious conflicts related to money. The greed for wealth in present time, and in the 1920’s, conquers nothing in the search for happiness.

Daisy Buchanan – The girl of everyone’s dreams and married to Tom Buchanan. However, she thinks she loves Gatsby instead of Tom; she loved Gatsby before she knew Tom and before he left for WWI. (Dynamic Character)

Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan who abuses her physically and mentally. Daisy is very beautiful, and only wants material things. I see Daisy more as a deeply unhappy woman, who cannot live up to others’ expectations of her. Many people would see her as a greedy woman who hides from true love. Gatsby has seduced Daisy easily with his elegant lifestyle, and fancy house. She likes the attention she gets from men, especially Tom and Gatsby. She just simply wants to be loved, but has been put aside by her husband. when Gatsby comes along, she wants him, hoping that maybe this time the love is real.

Daisy Buchanan, a fragile girl who is the lover of Jay Gatsby, and wife to Tom Buchanan. It seems as though she is Gatsby 's missing puzzle piece in his attempt to achieve his ultimate dream. He believes she will bring him respect, and long lasting bliss. Although daisy seems delicate, she wants a man that will treat her right and has loads of money. Daisy is a character that longs for nothing but materialistic values. She wants a man that will give her endless amounts of love but also has loads of money and expresses dominance. As her husband and her so called lover fight over her, she is stuck choosing between living life with a man who is just like her and has

Throughout the book of The Great Gatsby you see just about every character use love or money as a motivator and you might even see a character or two using both as a motivator. Whether they use the love for the money or the money to gain love, F. Scott Fitzgerald did an excellent job with highlighting the love and money as motivation. Myrtle is a great example, or James Gatz, mostly known for as Gatsby. A lot of characters went the extra mile for the love of their life and the others went another way with lies and infidelity. If characters did not use love and money for an motivator, the book would not have went the way it did and the story would not have its meaning either.

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald develops a character named Daisy Buchanan to be lonely in her marriage. Daisy Buchanan is a bright eyed girl with a bright passionate smile (Fitzgerald, 9). She is married to a malicious and misogynistic man named Tom Buchanan. Daisy

In The Great Gatsby there is a girl named Daisy who is married to a man named Tom, but only for money. Daisy doesn’t love Tom because of all the cheating he does and all the lies he tell. She did love him at one point, but after he started lying and cheating, everything went downhill. After everything went downhill, it all became about the money. Daisy is in love with Gatsby, but doesn’t know where he is and thinks he is poor so stays with Tom.

Love between Tom and Gatsby is one of the center conflicts in the story. In the novel, Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan and lives in East Egg. She also has a daughter named Pammy, whose age is not mentioned. Before Daisy marries Tom, she courted Gatsby before he left Louisville to serve in World War 1, which results in Daisy to wait for Gatsby. In the movie, Gatsby invited Daisy and Tom to one of his parties. Gatsby ends up taking a long phone call which results in Daisy waiting for him again but gives up and leaves. Daisy was full of old money. A quote in the book from Nick says, “her voice is full of money.” This shows her voice was seductive. In the novel she is shown as careless and shallow but in

Think, think what money could bring to humans; people, think how it conquers the life and reality of the main character himself, the Great Gatsby. What good money bring to the nature of society, the people they love, the thing they wanted to achieve because of their life situation when they were a child. The Great Gatsby teaches the viewer about the effect of money that cause their world to collide, the perfect world built from nature, to not being able to see what we're really important in their lives, that money would not bring true happiness and love. To the character money did not make happiness among their lives, it had made the complete opposite of the what they thought it would be.