Why Is Family Important In The Great Gatsby

Charles Kuralt once said that “The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” Charles exemplifies how wealth is insignificant in comparison to the bonds created by families and friends. Families are formed by an unbreakable bond of love, and in modern times, the need of a strong family bond seems more and more prevalent because of the world that we live in, and the constant threat of danger looming above our heads. This has brought families even closer together. People value their family more than anything else. Although people may dream about money, the American Dream is about family and love and making sacrifices for your family.
Finding love and a family can be difficult, but keeping

Gatsby shouts this at Tom, while they argue over Daisy. Gatsby takes a big risk and tries to win over Daisy from Tom. It is a risk Gatsby must take because Daisy is the only thing that truly makes him happy despite his riches. While leaving town, Gatsby lets Daisy drive home, along the way Tom’s mistress, Myrtle, runs out into the road and gets hit and killed by Gatsby’s car. “Was Daisy driving?’ ‘Yes,’ he said after a moment. ‘But of course i'll say I was.” (Chapter 7, Page 143). Gatsby is very loved in New York and takes a huge risk by saying that he was responsible for the accident , but this is another example of Gatsby trying to win over Daisy. In the end that ultimately leads to Gatsby’s failure and his death. Towards the beginning of the book, Nick explains why Gatsby moves to West Egg. “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.” (Chapter 4, Page 78). From early on, the reader knows Gatsby’s intentions of finding love with Daisy. Gatsby yet again takes another risk by buying an expensive lavish mansion just to throw parties to get Daisy over to his house. In the article Nickels and Dimes by Barbara Ehrenreich,

Drake gets sent to the Rig because he has escaped many other Alliance prisons, his reason for escape is to go see his mom. “I don't want to see my mom die alone and afraid.’ he said. ‘The Alliance has taken a lot from me, from the whole world, but it does not have to be like that.” (Chapter 17, Page 128). Drake hates life on the Rig as well as who put him onto it, he is determined to escape and make his way back to his sick mother. The Rig is said to be inescapable but Drake doesn't shy away from any challenges. His sole purpose for escaping is to see his only family, his mom. “My mother is sick, very sick.” (Chapter 17, Page 126). Drake has no contact with anyone from the outside world. Before he got locked up, he knew his mom was very sick. He originally got in trouble because he had stolen vital medicine for saving his mom's life. As soon as he got on to the Rig, Drake was briefed on how the Rig was said to be inescapable. “ There Is No Escape… because there wasn't a prison built on God's green earth otherwise that could hold Will Drake.”(Chapter 1, Page 6). After a few months of planning, Drake made his move, with two other friends, they all made it off the “inescapable” prison. Drake is always saying how it is never about money, it is about family, but in the poem Money the author does make a relevant point. “It greases the palm, feathers a nest, holds heads above water, make both ends meet,