Fitzgerald's View Of Money In The Great Gatsby
Anna Gorski
Oct. 15, 2010
Period 5
AP Eng.
The Great Gatsby
Money can symbolize certain statuses in the world. In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays these views of money among the characters in the novel. Wealth and money becomes an issue as the novel progress, once you begin to analyze each character. In the novel “The Great Gatsby”, “old money” and “new money” describes the gap between the rich and the poor, for an example Gatsby and the Wilsons, West Egg and the Valley of the Ashes. On a smaller scale the “old money” and the “new money” refer to as East being the “old” and West being the “new”. The East Egg represented the established aristocracy or inheritance, as the West Egg was the self-made rich. Gatsby …show more content…
World War one had just ended and people began reveling in the materialism that came with the end of it. The ending period began new mass produced commodities such as motor cars and radios. Cars were becoming a social symbol, as in the book Gatsby had five cars. That had showed the dream as ugliness and the ruin of moral values because of the desire of wealthy status. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays people obsessed with self-image, wealth, and of loveless relationships. Referring back to Daisy and Gatsby they are once again perfect example of people obsessed with self-image, wealth, and relationships. Daisy loves money and she will basically do anything for it and because of that she marries Tom for his money. Daisy just wanted have all the things she ever desire. Due to that action she ends up falling back in love with Gatsby, causing more conflict. Daisy only fell back in love with Gatsby because Gatsby was “new money” and he always had parties and such. Daisy loved that fact about Gatsby because Tom never did stuff like that and it had showed that Gatsby was rich and Daisy liked that. Gatsby in the other hand worked hard for his money and tried to use it to gain happiness by buying many clothes and items. He built a house to impress Daisy with his so-called wealth, trying to win the love through money and
Oct. 15, 2010
Period 5
AP Eng.
The Great Gatsby
Money can symbolize certain statuses in the world. In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays these views of money among the characters in the novel. Wealth and money becomes an issue as the novel progress, once you begin to analyze each character. In the novel “The Great Gatsby”, “old money” and “new money” describes the gap between the rich and the poor, for an example Gatsby and the Wilsons, West Egg and the Valley of the Ashes. On a smaller scale the “old money” and the “new money” refer to as East being the “old” and West being the “new”. The East Egg represented the established aristocracy or inheritance, as the West Egg was the self-made rich. Gatsby …show more content…
World War one had just ended and people began reveling in the materialism that came with the end of it. The ending period began new mass produced commodities such as motor cars and radios. Cars were becoming a social symbol, as in the book Gatsby had five cars. That had showed the dream as ugliness and the ruin of moral values because of the desire of wealthy status. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays people obsessed with self-image, wealth, and of loveless relationships. Referring back to Daisy and Gatsby they are once again perfect example of people obsessed with self-image, wealth, and relationships. Daisy loves money and she will basically do anything for it and because of that she marries Tom for his money. Daisy just wanted have all the things she ever desire. Due to that action she ends up falling back in love with Gatsby, causing more conflict. Daisy only fell back in love with Gatsby because Gatsby was “new money” and he always had parties and such. Daisy loved that fact about Gatsby because Tom never did stuff like that and it had showed that Gatsby was rich and Daisy liked that. Gatsby in the other hand worked hard for his money and tried to use it to gain happiness by buying many clothes and items. He built a house to impress Daisy with his so-called wealth, trying to win the love through money and