Why Is Money Important In The Great Gatsby

She repeatedly exhibits her attraction to wealthy and high-class people. Near the end of the novel, Gatsby finally states that Daisy’s voice is “’full of money.’” At that moment, Nick suddenly realizes that “it was full of money – that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle in it, the cymbals’ song of it… High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl...” Daisy comes from a home of higher-class people. She enjoys the pleasure and privileges that money brings her. Unlike Gatsby, she has always been and always will be an “insider.” All the men love her, and all the women want to be her. Although he exerts himself to earn her “love,” Gatsby is never truly accepted by her and her world. Had Gatsby been born in better circumstances, he would not be the outsider he is.

The American dream talks about how life should be like better and more wealthy than anyone else's. This dream is effected between the affair of Daisy and Gatsby. Daisy is the main thing of all that Gatsby loves and feeds off of. Daisy voice and gestures is full of money as Gatsby talks about it all the time. Her voice was "full of money-that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song in it" (Fitzgerald, 120). She can be broken down as a twentieth-century spoiled rich girl that gets everything she wants because she gets men attention with her gestures. Gatsby became so attached by her actions and voice that he made all of his emotions and actions on getting and winning Daisy. Her voice has the noise of rich spoiled girl but, Gatsby is too late to know that all Daisy wants is the money that's all she wanted to start. There is no successful hard worker she just

Gatsby does not realize that Daisy also represents the corruption that comes along with wealth. "Her voice is full of money, he suddenly said. That was it. I'd never understood it before. 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" (127). Gatsby becomes obsessed with Daisy and her voice that promised riches, but he does not realize that money was the only thing she offered. After listening to Tom, Nick describes Daisy and Tom as careless people who "smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (188). Daisy lets Gatsby take the blame for Myrtle’s death and shows no concern over Gatsby’s death showing her carelessness with people’s lives. Tom and Daisy’s actions indicate the corrupting effects that wealth can have on someone. They focus too much on appearance and materialism and ignore other people’s feelings and lives.

Gatsby had not achieved his goal and dream to win Daisy’s heart and have her fall for him again, in order to “fix everything just the way it was before” (The Great Gatsby, p.110), despite the fact that he had won Daisy’s heart back, it wasn’t the Daisy that Gatsby wanted. Gatsby had worked all his life to impress Daisy and meet her standard for wealth, not because he is tremendously attracted towards Daisy, but more because of the idea of having Daisy.

Jay Gatsby, while wildly successful in achieving wealth, does not achieve his personal Dream. Gatsby’s bigger goal is to gain respect from the community and reunite with the woman he loved - Daisy. Throughout the novel, Gatsby flaunts his wealth as an attempt to attract Daisy. When Gatsby and Nick are alone at the Buchanan’s house, both agree that Daisy’s voice “was full of money, that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it”, even describing her as a “king’s daughter, the golden girl” (Fitzgerald 65). The imagery and comparison of Daisy to a rich princess living in a white palace reveals how Gatsby views Daisy and places into context the motives behind his wealth based actions. Gatsby believes that Daisy married Tom in pursuit of wealth, and carrying that belief, he utilizes his own wealth in an attempt to win over Daisy. Not only does this show how important Daisy is to Gatsby,

During the 1920s, many people thought money was the key to happiness. They thought money could only have a positive impact on their lives and keep them content. However, these people neglected to realize the negative effects that wealth would have on both themselves and the large impact that it has on society. Amidst their joy, they were unable to see that and wealth does more harm than it does good. F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, illustrates his perspective on the 1920s. This story takes place on Long Island in the Summer of 1922 and follows the life of narrator Nick Carraway and the many interesting encounters he has with his friends, such as Jay Gatsby as well as Tom and Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald is able to convey these negative

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

During the time in our country's history called the roaring twenties, society had a new obsession, money. Just shortly after the great depression, people's focus now fell on wealth and success in the economic realm. Many Americans would stop at nothing to become rich and money was the new factor in separation of classes within society. Wealth was a direct reflection of how successful a person really was and now became what many people strived to be, to be rich. Wealth became the new stable in the "American dream" that people yearned and chased after all their lives. In the novel entitled the great Gatsby, the ideals of the so called American dream became skewed, as a result

Gatsby’s American dream is to win Daisy's heart, she is important for what she represents wealth and acceptance into the old wealth of East Egg. Gatsby becomes consumed by his dream and spends little to no effort on anything else throughout the novel. Gatsby effort to win Daisy back shows the journey for the American dream, thus the American experience. However, when Gatsby dies it shows Fitzgerald’s thoughts on the American dream. At the end of the novel, Daisy has returned to Tom and Gatsby is dead, this shows the futility of such a pursuit, and Nicks comments that Gatsby “represented everything for which [he] has unaffected scorn” (2). It is obvious that Fitzgerald has a pessimistic view of such an uncontrollable dream.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, money plays a large role in the character’s lives. Money is used to change their appearances throughout the novel. All the characters use their money in a different way. Gatsby attempts to use his money to win back his one true love, Daisy. Myrtle Wilson uses money she does not have to change her appearance towards others. But others are used to having wealth, and they are experienced in the ways of being rich. These people include Tom and Daisy Buchanan. The narrator, Nick Caraway, moves east searching for wealth, but never achieves that goal. The entire novel is filled with wealth and riches, but is money to be seen as a

Describing the object of his obsession, Gatsby, first and foremost, pays attention to her voice. It is her central feature and is described far before her physical appearance. Moreover, Gatsby ties her voice to wealth, which gives his pursuit of Daisy attributes of a chase for status and wealth. He explicitly states that her voice is full of money and thinks, “That was it. I’d never understood before. 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, 1950, p. 127). The fact that of all her traits, it is the voice that is the most alluring makes it easier to connect her to the American dream, which,

Everyone has an ideal vision of what he or she wants out of life. In a perfect world, everyone would die happy having achieved every goal ever set. A perfect world does not exist. Fitzgerald knows this, and he chronicles the life of Gatsby. Gatsby deeply desires to live out the “American dream.” He wants fame, riches, parties, mansions, but most of all love. Gatsby succeeds in every area except the most important. Gatsby still feels a desire to fulfill his final dream of finding a true love. Not willing to settle for an arbitrary love, Gatsby sets his sights on a young woman named Daisy. The problem is that Gatsby can never have Daisy because she is already in a relationship with another man. Gatsby, still wanting Daisy’s love but

Being famous and having money is every kid’s dream. Throwing money around like it grows there is an endless amount is everyone's dream. As many may be the solution to numerous issues, it does not solve the problems of the heart. Since many people do not understand this concept, it is the worst pain, the aching of the heart. This lesson is what Jay Gatsby should learn, how his whole life he thought he could win over a girl with all his money and expensive shirts. In The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald, diction displays how money cannot buy happiness and is not the solution of the heart.

In the novels The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens money is used to establish a relation with the main character's feelings and attitudes. This is not shown in the way it would be expected, as we could imagine money would make these characters somehow happier. What actually happens is that no matter how much money they have got, they can never get the one thing they truly wish for. This is an interesting subject as it is not sure for this type of situations to occur in literary writings. Yet, I believe, it is quite common in our everyday life.

As human beings, what takes priority in life? Is it money? Money often drives people’s behavior. People don’t realize that it’s not necessary to be wealthy to enjoy life and live happily. Many of the characters portrayed in The Great Gatsby, displayed their desire for money throughout the book. Each character had a different outlook on money, but they each had something in common, they all wanted to acquire more. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, the characters’ and community’s obsession, perception, and attitude toward money was prevalent.