Why Do People Succeed In The Great Gatsby

Have you ever aspired to do great things or work toward a huge goal that determines your life? Have you ever accomplished one of your dreams and it ended up leaving a path of destruction in the long run. Often times in history Common people like you and I long for happiness. In order to get that happiness, some people desire for love or money or to simply be liked by others. A common goal for most people is to become very successful and rich then obtain a certain lifestyle that comes along with it. Sometimes we may find ourselves realizing what happiness really is or we may have achieved these goals but in the long run what we did for these achievements played part in our downfall. In most cases, this explanation is the pursuit of the American

Sections in the book are completely motivated by money and value of our time. Just like Gatsby said “we said her voice is full of money, he said, suddenly that was it I never understood before it was full of money that was the exhaustible. Charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbal song of it…. high in a white palace, the king’s daughter The golden girl…”(Fitzgerald 120). The only reason why daisy, even let get by have a chance was because of all the money he had. If he had not been as rich or richer than Tom, she would have went to her old saying. The reason she picks Tim at the end is because it's an easier choice and daisy was consumed by her own greedy thoughts, for example, when daisy says “oh you want too much! she cried to Gatsby. I love you now- isn't that enough? I can't help what past.” she began to sob helplessly. “I did love him once. But I love you too”(Fitzgerald 132). Daisy was just overwhelmed with choices of whose money she wanted to marry. Overwhelmed so much she picked on because he was the easiest option, leaving Gatsby fed to lose his life. Her thought of happiness is really how much money she could