Wealth In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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"Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca. The Great Gatsby tells the story of a man who came from nothing in order to achieve everything for the love of his life. However, during the 1920s, that everything was basically wealth. Wealth was one of the American Dreams, means to achieve prosperity through hard work. In the Great Gatsby, wealth appears to be a central theme, and it had been evident in the relation between Daisy and Tom, Myrtle and Tom, as well as the enigma Jay Gatsby.
An abstract model of wealth and its importance during the 1920s revolves around Daisy and Tom's marriage. Daisy was in love with Gatsby but knowing he is poor, she was unwilling to wait for him. She decided to go to a more secure person, Tom, who will provide her with the position she deserves. In chapter 7, Gatsby said, "she only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me". Although Daisy thought that wealth will achieve her happiness, both Daisy and Tom are cynical and bored with life. In …show more content…

His real name is James Gatz, and he came from a poor family of farmers. However, Gatsby was discontent with his life, and he changed his name into a more "aristocratic" name. Throughout the story, we recognize that Gatsby's relation with Wolfshiem sounds illegal. Wolfshiem is a gambler and fixed the 1919 World Series, which shows how he, in Nick's words, would "play with the faiths of fifty million people in with the single-mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe". Additionally, everyone is interested in Gatsby, where he is the object of the rumor windmill. After all, you don’t find a wealthy person willing to conduct parties and spending money on people he absolutely doesn’t know every day. It is the desire for money and the status that comes with it what drove Gatsby to go to illegal extents. It was his belief that money would bring Daisy to

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