What Makes The Rich In The Great Gatsby

Throughout the classic The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the rich and the poor are constantly juxtaposed against each other. The rich as ployed as being colorful and full of detail, while the poor is described as being "ashes" in a "desolate" landscape. This juxtaposition of the rich and poor makes it clear to the reader that Fitzgerald wanted the distinction to be blunt. Fitzgerald adds this distinction because he wants the reader to understand that the rich and the poor lead completely different lives. The rich are described in elaborate colors and detail because the they live lavish lifestyles. The rich own extravagant mansions, expensive cars and hydroplanes, and lead exciting lifestyles. On the contrary, the poor are described in

Wealth can develop a unique interpretation upon a person’s life and can impact their future. Wealth can be such a strong impact on someone that can determine whether they’re selfish or a given person. Wealth can definitely be overpowering and misleading, which could portray their true identity. In the historical fiction novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it shows us how misleading wealth can be in a person’s life.

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 can’t buy me love” (McCartney). This quote and many like it continually tell people that money is never the end to all means. With more and more power and knowledge coming to the poor, and the rich being allowed to have divergent thinking this ideology has grown. It has grown to the point where some may say that money and wealth are a detriment to happiness. This is seen with how the rich are often portrayed as people obsessed with trivial matters, and have no real meaning to their life. This can be seen in The Great Gatsby as well. Tom and Daisy, as the only main characters who were always from high wealth show this the most. Tom is an idiot, a jock “who [reached] such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything after

Long lost love, extravagant parties, secret lives, and mysterious deaths, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is driven by the power and importance of wealth. Fitzgerald wrote this novel in the 1920’s, a time where wealth distinguished those from the rest, and throughout The Great Gatsby one can see many similar parallels from the the book, to the environment and values during the 1920’s. Almost every character through the novel displays the idea and mentality that money is the power in the world, and that money really does buy happiness. Although Fitzgerald's novel generally seems like a mysterious, love story the book is driven by the idea and importance of wealth.

The great Gatsby is a classic novel in which money is centered around everything. All Jay Gatsby wants to do is live the American dream. Some say Gatsby did live the American dream. Though Gatsby made lots of money and threw tons of parties their was one thing he was missing. The thing Gatsby was missing was a peaceful state of mind and a lover. In this book written by Scott Fitzgerald called The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby finds out the American Dream isn 't attainable by everyone.

In life everyone strives to get rich, but is having an abundance of money always good? Sometimes people use Money for personal benefits, sometimes it's for the benefit of others but at times people with money use it to create their social status. In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald the idea of wealth is seen throughout. Jay Gatsby who lives next door to Nick Carraway; the Narrator of the story, wants to be with his dream girl Daisy. Gatsby is wealthy and throws parties to impress Daisy, Daisy however is married to another man Tom Buchanan. Throughout the story the people with money use it to create their social status. In The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism to convey, wealth causes people to assert themselves over others.

F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the theme wealth can breed carelessness in the great novel The Great Gatsby. The skills he used to depict this theme are point of view, symbolism, and dialect to show the essence of the classic American novel.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses on two social groups as the novel progresses. These two groups are the rich and the middle class. The rich is represented through Tom and Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. On the other hand, Nick Carraway is the main character to portray the middle-class. Fitzgerald has juxtaposed characters of the Buchanans, who have attained their money through rich ancestry and Jay Gatsby, who gets his money through the illegal method of bootlegging.

‘Money can’t buy happiness’ and ‘money is not the only important thing in life’, this are two main lesson taught to us since very young age. We are also taught to be satisfied with what we have and should not have greed for anything. All the major character in the book the great Gatsby have holes in their life which they think can be filed up by money. They are all unsatisfied with their assets and always want more. F. Scoot in his novel

In The Great Gatsby rich people could be described in two different ways. A character could be rich in money and things. While, another character could be rich in knowledge in wisdom. Personally a character that is the richest is the character who is rich in money. The character that is most rich in money is Jay Gatsby.

Has money always been the easy way out? Money has been used to get out of a lout of troubles and worries. There was a time in the world where money was expressed as the greatest pleasure. The only way you was recognized was if you had money. The form of money that could buy a variety of objects. Money can only mean certain things to certain people.

Toma Cape Great Gatsby - Reading Journal #3 “ There are people who have money and people who are rich.” (Coco Chanel) is a quote that is very relevant to the life of Gatsby and Nick, In some cases we can clearly see the contrast between the “rich man” and the “wealthy man”.

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the rich are hollow and selfish who repeatedly have “smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together” (Fitzgerald 136). Cover #1 Among The Ash Heaps And Millionaires perfectly illustrates this. This cover alludes to the hollowness of the rich through the flowing white cloth in the air, the empty faces, and the polluting train.

In Junior year, reading The Great Gatsby had a huge impact on the way I look at different parts of life. The book challenged me to accept that there really is a wealth gap, a poverty line and that there can even be discrimination within a race. The book challenged me to learn that those terms are not colloquial but a reality within a society just like what F. Scott Fitzgerald described in his book. Gatsby’s parents weren’t wealthy, his success created his status; however, he continued to try to reach status. Races now continue to strive for success. Oprah did not inherit her money so she is considered rich. The difference between wealthy and rich actually creates barriers in society. The elite wealthy group in our society discriminate against