Never End In The Great Gatsby

Everybody strives to earn it, those little green things in your wallet. Green is associated with good and happiness; above all, things of desire. Nevertheless, it doesn’t truly make you happy with your life and most importantly, yourself. In the fictitious novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters who have money at their disposal are constantly looking for something else to fulfill their longing to have a meaningful life. Despite it’s problem-solving reputation, money isn’t what it’s chalked up to be, the characters with excessive money aren’t sincerely happy with their lives. Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, and Jordan Baker and never satisfied with their m0ney. Fitzgerald’s characters never seem to connect their feeling of never being satisfied with their infinitesimal amount of happiness.

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes essential traits of human life: romantic love, genuine friendship, the importance of money, the significance of trustworthiness, and the worth of social classes through Nick Carraway’s views. As he portrays them, each main character’s goals are illustrated, and they each carry out different amounts of significance and a symbolism throughout the novel. This novel is mainly about Gatsby's attempt at an unattainable goal, winning Daisy's love back through power and money. In contrast to every main character, Gatsby has clear and well thought out dreams. Gatsby’s American dream, his desire to be wealthy and win Daisy back, is desperately ruined by Daisy. Gatsby’s goal that he tries to obtain by

Even though money is supposed to buy happiness, in some cases money is not always beneficial. Sure money can get you what you want but sometimes it can change you for the worst. In the novel "Great Gatsby" money is the center of attention around these characters. The money involved with these characters makes them all act in certain ways. Fitzgerald showed that there is a difference in between the rich and the wealthy's morals between the East and West Egg.

“Gatsby had a humble past, but would lie about his past in order to show how great he was. Gatsby said he fought in World War 1 and was an Oxford student for a few years in an attempt to show Daisy that he did a lot in his past and was not truly a poor man” (Fitzgerald, 1925). Gatsby has created a false image of himself in order to regain Daisy’s interest in him. He has put so much value on money that he has to lie and illegally make money. Gatsby believed that becoming wealthy would lead him to his American dream of getting Daisy’s love and did not achieve it because he put too much focus on money instead of thinking about how Daisy feels now.

As he continued his journey Gatsby becomes more and more delusional about what he wants and what a perfect life would consist of. Trapped in the state of indecision he starts seeing that he can have everything because he is rich with the mindset that wealth can buy anything. Daisy would only be one of the many things he desires, but with this snobbish perspective he loses what he needs most – love. During Gatsby’s younger years he is shown as a kid with high expectations of himself and he also “never really accepted [his mom and dad] as his parents at all” (Fitzgerald 98) which shows that he is selfish and did not dedicate his work to someone or something because it was all for himself. Before Gatsby wanted Daisy, he wanted everyone to know his name or infamous. That is why he threw these huge parties spending tons of money for people he barely

Through Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby which examines the protagonist, a man looking for a new identity, Gatsby’s friend Nick Carraway observes that the protagonist “ invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent and to this conception he was faithful to the end”(131). Gatsby who in his youth was unsatisfied with his life inherits pursues a wealthy lifestyle after meeting a wealthy miner , Dan Cody. This meeting spurs Gatsby to desire a higher quality of living not only for himself but also aspires to provide a sufficient life for him and Daisy before she marries Tom Buchanan when Gatsby is fighting at war. Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship serves as a catalyst in propelling Gatsby’s pursuit of love

Money can not buy happiness, relationships, or life meaning. Multiple people in society base the success and meaning of a person’s life on the amount of money they possess. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, most characters make decisions based on how it will affect their wealth and reputations. One of the main characters, Daisy Buchanan, chooses money and status over others, even if it hurts her and the people around her. Daisy’s character reveals the illusion and emptiness of achieving the American Dream through her loss of love, her increased immorality, and her carelessness.

Because personal success and fortune are the centerpiece of Gatsby’s self-invented identity, he becomes insensitive towards others and unappreciative of ordinary experiences. After Daisy rejects Gatsby’s unrealistic fantasies, his identity collapses from a romanticized search for Daisy’s love into a futile refusal to accept reality. Gatsby strives towards his ambitions, failing to correct his flawed starting point; individuals must examine their ambitions and discover the true value of

Fitzgerald stresses in The Great Gatsby is the importance of economic class and how difficult it is to ignore a person’s social background. Jay Gatsby uses his money to throw extravagant parties, with the purpose of attracting Daisy’s interest. The parties are spectacular and glamorous with orchestras and bars filled with liquor (Fitzgerald 43). Gatsby’s parties are evidence of the fact that his wealth is nothing more than a useful tool in order to win back Daisy. After all, “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay” (Fitzgerald 78). When Gatsby finally finds Daisy their reunion is brief. All the time Gatsby has had to maintain his own delusions about her in order to make sense of his self-image. However, Daisy we know is a flawed character and perhaps not worth the lengths that Gatsby goes through just to see her after so many years. Daisy is not only superficial and shallow always wondering what’s next, but also empty.

Not only does money not grow on trees, but it also can’t buy happiness or the sense of a fulfilled life. In the 1920s, people with money believed that they were above everyone else and acted as if their needs and wants were more important than others. In the novel The Great Gatsby, the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, criticizes the main characters for the way they live separate from reality due to their wealth and lack of moral standards. Gatsby, Daisy, and Nick all live complicated lives where they are constantly in fear of what others think of them. Gatsby tries to live in the past and dreams up a world with just him and Daisy. Daisy wants to stay with her husband Tom even though he is having an affair. Nick, not being as rich as the other three, just wants to blend into the rich lifestyle. For all of these characters, wealth gets in the way of their moral decisions making.

“If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy” Most people in America believe that money is all you need to be happy. As in if they own that object they will be happy. This logic was also used in the roaring 20’s. Many americans got very wealthy at this time period, most of them used that money to party. One story in particular that demonstrates this era is The Great Gatsby, it shows what people did with all of their time back then. The author of this wonderful book is, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940). A man named Verge stated this about Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, “ When it was published in 1925 it was a great critical success, but though it is his most brilliant book, it was a financial failure.” His book was not a very big hit back then but now it is a big read. In Fitzgerald's book he shares three messages which are, that money can't buy you everything, you can't leave your past behind, and that physical beauty is not everything.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “money often costs too much” (Berger). The world seems to revolve around money, and it often distracts people from the joys of life that bring them fulfillment. This is shown in almost every main character of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although on the surface the characters of The Great Gatsby seem to live glamourous and joyous lives due to the riches they have, when they are examined more closely, it is evident that their money actually does not provide them prosperity and contentment; therefore, the theme of The Great Gatsby is that money cannot buy happiness. Multiple examples prove that the theme of The Great Gatsby is that money cannot buy happiness and these examples are displayed throughout the entire novel. This theme is shown in Gatsby’s chase after Daisy, Daisy and Tom’s failure of a marriage, and it is shown when Nick is attempting to get Gatsby’s friends to attend his funeral.

The Great Gatsby is about a rich man named Gatsby who embarks on a doomed journey to win over the love of his life and rescue her from a loveless and abusive marriage with Tom Buchanan. From the very beginning of the book, Gatsby is obsessing over Daisy. In chapter one, Nick sees Jay trembling and staring at a green light across the bay, which we later find out is the light on the end of Daisy’s dock (Fitzgerald 20-21). Gatsby is incredibly rich and yet he still hasn’t achieved his dream. For him, the wealth was merely a means to attract Daisy. Jordan Baker tells Nick in chapter four that Gatsby has been throwing his massive parties for years because he hoped that eventually Daisy would show up (Fitzgerald 78-79). He also uses his money to show Daisy that he is finally good enough for her. This strategy was to some extent necessary to win over Daisy due to the stigma on relationships between social classes at the time. In chapter eight, Gatsby finally tells Nick the whole story of him and Daisy. Nick says,

Gatsby believes money is the key; being rich is the one thing that will grant him happiness (Daisy’s love). Nick, the narrator and a friend of Gatsby, explains that, “however glorious [Gatsby’s future might be]… he was… a penniless young man” (149). When Gatsby first falls in love with Daisy, he is poor. Gatsby’s profound love for Daisy leaves him determined and motivated to become

Since the early years of America, the rich have been considered the most powerful. Poor people were not considered very significant simply because they were unlike the rich. While wealth was desirable it wasn’t always worth having because money cannot buy happiness. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby reflexes this idea that money, although seen as power, cannot resemble happiness. In the book, many of the characters think their lives are more significant because they are wealthy. Daisy Buchanan is in a marriage money instead of for love. Although she did not have the patience to wait for Gatsby to obtain his riches, he spent several years of his life solely focusing on his goals to be a rich, elaborately successful man. Neither of the two are truly happy although they are assumed to be because they have more money than they could ever possibly handle. Although money can make a person feel powerful, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the book to show the readers that it’s not always the case because money could not buy happiness.