Tom's Money In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

People who lived in the 1920s had a skewed sense of morality. The American Dream was changed when the men serving the country came back from World War I. They had left the country as sheltered boys and came back as corrupted men wanting to drink, smoke, and have sex. This type of behavior contributed to the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Rich and wealthy people, throughout the novel, seem to spend their time drawing subtle distinctions between the various kinds of wealth, not just between classes but within each other. This is where Fitzgerald splits the two main types of wealth within the novel: the East Egg and the West Egg. Gatsby and Nick are both residents of West Egg, one of the two wealthy parts of New York. As Nick explains about living in West Egg he describes it as “the less fashionable of the two” in order to distinguish “the bizarre” and “little sinister contrast between them”. He goes on to focus on Gatsby house in particular in the area, as he observes it as a “colossal affair by any standard” and just a “factual imitation” (Fitzgerald 5).

In The Great Gatsby, wealth can be distinguished from class; it is possible to achieve great wealth without being accepted into the élite class, as evidenced by Jay Gatsby’s experience. Jay Gatsby was part of the new rich, the millionaires that popped up over night in the 1920s. His money could not buy him into the society of old money, the aristocratic money. The life of ease and luxury that Tom and others enjoy is contrasted sharply with the stranglehold of poverty containing Myrtle and George Wilson or the life from which Jay Gatsby emerges. Wealth is what separates Gatsby from his love, as he notes of Daisy that "her voice is full of money."(Fitzgerald 127).

One of the main themes in The Great Gatsby is money makes the world go round. It becomes very clear that money can get a person to begin going in the right direction. Wealth is a significant theme in the book and it motivates many of the main events throughout the plot. The acquisition of Gatsby’s wealth rose a few questions about his skeptical morals. When it comes to money, the amount is not always the most important factor.

Those who live in West Egg, such as Gatsby, are considered the newly rich, while those who live in East Egg have had money all their lives, such as Daisy and Tom. Those who live in West Egg are shown to be flamboyant, crass, and pretentious. This is seen

Is your life revolved around how much money you have, what you can buy, or what you look like? In The Great Gatsby, the lives of the characters are revolved around the importance of money and the materials they own. Tom and Daisy Buchanan are two very important people that let their money control their lives, such as Daisy marrying Tom solely for is money so that she will be provided for her entire life. Gatsby is a prime example of all the wrong reasons of wanting to accomplish the American dream. He wanted to impress Daisy, so he lied and cheated his way to the top in order to prove to her that he was worth it, and now that he has money, he allowed it to take control of him and his true purpose. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald allows the

Money cannot hide a persons intentions and soul being at heart. In The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald we see the likenesses and differentiations between two men living in the extravagant lifestyle of the Eggs competing for their same love. Gatsby is considered new money with a hidden past to which makes him a mystery. Tom is considered old money with a selfish entitled way about him. Both characters are similar in the position of their moral compass yet their past and their passions set them apart as if in two different worlds.

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is taught in the majority of high school English classes in the United States. The novel follows Nick Carraway during the summer following his recent move to New York. One of the major themes of the story is wealth and new money vs. old money. Two of the main characters, Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, represent these states of wealth, respectively. In high schools, The Great Gatsby, is taught as a romance novel with the historical context of the roaring twenties.

Gold diggers are commonly known as women that only go after a guy because of the money that he has. The said women doesn’t even need to love the man just to have the money is enough to keep her around on him. Often times there is a man that really does like this lady, but because he doesn’t have money he never gets with her. What if this man without the money decide he would do anything to get money to impress the girl. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells a story of a man name Gatsby that left his love of his life to go and serve in the military only to return back home and find out she married a rich man and had a kid. In an online article it

In The Great Gatsby(2013) film, there are three different places that characters live which are East Egg, West Egg and the Valley of Ashes. East Egg is where people that are rich by heredity live. These people are known as “old money” in the movie. West Egg is where people that are rich by achieving success through hard work live. These people are known as “new money”. The Valley of Ashes is where people from working class live. The main character in the film, Jay Gatsby, who came from a poor and uneducated family, but climbed the social and economic ladder and succeeded by working hard, becomes wealthy and hopes that Daisy Buchanan would fall in love with him again. He hosts many parties to impress her, but he does not attend them. “Old money” people from East Egg also attend the parties, but they do not treat Gatsby as “old money”. The three main male characters in the movie, Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, hang out a lot and all of them come from different social class. Tom comes from a solid family and he is wealthy. Nick comes from a right family and belongs to upper class, but he is not richer than Tom. On the other hand, Jay Gatsby comes from a poor family but he is wealthy now. Although three of them hang out a lot and Nick and Tom even come to Gatsby’s parties, still Gatsby is rejected

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald puts a lot of emphasis on social class, comparing the lives of those in East Egg and West Egg and even comparing the social classes of individual characters. The first group, people adhering to “small-town values”, like Tom and Daisy, seem to be more successful in Fitzgerald’s eyes. From the very beginning of the book, distinctions are made between East Egg, where Tom and Daisy live, and West Egg, where Gatsby and Nick live. East Egg is the fancier area, inhabited by old wealthy families who have never known hardship and live by strict social rules. West Egg, “the less fashionable of the two” (Fitzgerald 5), was home to younger millionaires, new money folk who did not grow up as rich as they had come to be. Throughout the book these two neighbourhoods are pitted against each other as they are continually mentioned. Tom and Gatsby are also pitted against each other in a similar, if more direct fashion, competing for Daisy’s love. Tom is the practical choice, a man from a wealthy family, who is financially secure and only involved in legal businesses. He believes strongly in his small-town values saying, “I suppose you’ve got to make your

The text explores the idea that no one, no matter how hard they try can reserve their judgments of others and their actions. When nick asks what business, he was in he answered, "That's my affair," by this stage nick knows that Gatsby gets his money in less than legal ways, though he still thinks that Gatsby is more sincere and honest than anyone else in the book, besides himself. Why this is, is up for debate some might say that nick has homosexual tendencies or perhaps Gatsby’s charm has simply hypnotised him. Either way it symbolises how dishonesty is gladly excepted by nick to keep Gatsby on a pedistal. In contrast tom, who is having an affair, something that society deems extremely dishonest and

Being wealthy is one of the things that Tom and Gatsby have in common. For both of them, maintaining a high social status is a priority. They strive to be financially successful. Tom went to a wealthy school and he flaunts his money with expensive sports cars. Gatsby, on the other hand, shows his need for wealth when he quits

The social status is a main theme in The Great Gatsby , take the exemple of Tom and Gatsby they are both rich but use their money differently they are also not the same type of rich. Gatsby is part of the nouveau riche he spends his money irresponsibly and Fitzgerald shows that by describing his mansion where only himself lives in “It was Gatsby’s mansion.Or, rather, as I didn’t know Mr.Gatsby,it was a mansion, inhabited by a gentleman of that name” (5) and his fancy car but in reality all of this is to impress everybody especially the women he always loved Daisy. Gatsby wasn’t always rich he comes from a poor family and earned his money from crimes and bootlegging. Tom on the other side always had money and never worked to have it because his family always had it “His family were enormously wealthy even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach” (6) and is more responsible with his money then Gatsby he tries to save it. He likes to spend money for himself whereas Gatsby

In the novel The Great Gatsby there are many instances where it shows the love of money is the root of all evil. See in this book a character comes about a lot of money, but he gets it illegally. You see Gatsby did not get his money or wealth in an honest way. He was what you would call a bootlegger. This is the illegal the smuggling of alcohol.