How Do People Have Power In The Great Gatsby

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What is power? In the 1920's everybody needed money. People who had no wealth was shamed upon. Therefore every person thought that people with money had power.Having money was the most significant thing after the war. Everyone wanted to make themselves look great, by buying gilded things. During the movie The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby had riches and power. People at the time confused wealth with power. Gatsby was smart, he deceived people into thinking he had power because he had money. Instead of achieving all his dreams and goals he dies. Wealth won't lead you to power, but to failure because power is earned with respect and trust. Respect, the qualities, or achievements, somebody admires about a person. Someone with a tremendous amount of respect is known to have power. A person with an excessive amount of money is known to …show more content…

In the 1920’s people gilded things so that they look like they have money. With a large amount of respect comes plenty of responsibilities. Responsible people can be wealthy, but wealthy people cannot be responsible. The great depression proves this because, wealthy people were not responsible with their money and made the stock markets go down, which made everyone lose their money. the American dream was for every citizen to have the opportunity to live a successful life with money from hard work. People at the time only destroyed the American dream. They abused the way people got money, and never had any responsibilities. Finally, responsibility in addition to respect can lead to power but not wealth. Trust is nothing more than relying on someone. Wealthy people are untrustworthy after all they did start the great

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