Money In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Most people want to believe that money will buy you happiness, but Gatsby is a great example of how this is not the case. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby and Daisy becomes careless people because they believe that money will protect them forever. Gatsby went well out of his way to make money just to get the attention of Daisy. The desire for money drives all of the characters in The Great Gatsby to make poor choices that will come back to hurt their relationships and ruin their lives.

Gatsby, himself, became a bootlegger and his wealth was mostly based on breaking the law. Tom calls Gatsby out on this while they are in a hotel fighting about who Daisy really loves. As Mary Jo Tate mentioned in an article, “... Tom speculates that Gatsby is a bootlegger” (Tate). Several times in the book, it talks about wild parties at Gatsby’s house, while church bells ring in the distance. Many people at these parties admired Gatsby for his great wealth. In the end, Gatsby’s wealth comes back to ruin and eventually end his life.
Daisy in the earlier part of her life, was attracted to Gatsby. She eventually decided to leave him, because he didn’t have enough money to please her. However, after she met Gatsby again, she wanted to leave her husband because of the great wealth Gatsby had achieved. As Harold Bloom mentioned in his article, “Daisy is impressed with the things Gatsby has amassed” (Bloom). Daisy’s hesitation on whether she loved Gatsby or Tom more led her to be unhappy, which eventually ended with her killing Myrtle. Like Gatsby, her pursuit of wealth led to her ruin and the ruin