Materialism And Illusion In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

When I was in elementary school I was friends with what you would call the “popular” crowd. I thought it was the best thing and I would be with the cool crowd and help me not to become the target. At first I thought I was cool and they were nice because they were my friends, but in reality after being friends with them and hanging out with them for awhile I came to realize they were actually mean people and talked bad about people but was nice to their face. In the story The Great Gatsby i feel as if i relate to Nick as he learns that the people he's been around for a while aren't really the people he thought they were. By putting together the motifs of materialism and lies and illusion. F. Scott Fitzgerald gives an expression of a powerful theme that connects with the lesson I learned. In the beginning of the story Nick goes into town with Tom and they end up at Myrtle's apartment who is Tom's mistress. That's when Nick starts to comprehend that Myrtle is this woman who thinks she has all this money and prestique when in all
In the hotel scene of the book they all go into town to a hotel and are trying to cool off when a conversation rises with Tom and Gatsby. As Gatsby is waiting for Daisy to tell Tom she never loved him. Nick starts to realize that Daisy isn't going to leave Tom especially when she finds out that Gatsby is a criminal. As this shows the motif of lies as Gatsby is lying to Tom about where he gets his money. Tom says to Gatsby “But you've got something on now that Walter’s afraid to tell me about.” As later on Tom tells Daisy to go on ahead home with Gatsby right there in the scene Nick knows that Tom is confident that Daisy isn't going to leave him. Lies and illusion fits here as Tom is confident that Daisy won't leave because his money is not criminal money and Gatsby's is. “ You two start on home, Daisy, in Mr.Gatsby's