Similarities Between Gatsby And Jeff Bezos

As readers read deeper into The Great Gatsby, they start to discover what is fact and fiction about Jay Gatsby’s life. Many rich Americans come to mind when reading this novel, for example, Jeff Bezos. Jay Gatsby and Jeff Bezos have some in common, yet they are extremely different. Different aspects of their life are similar, but ways they both reached wealth, are supstainsully unalike. That is what makes this book somewhat of a mystery, readers find out new things about Gatsby as the story progresses. Jay Gatsby is the wealthy individual in The Great Gatsby. In the beginning, Gatsby states he graduated from Oxford. He also claims to have earned his money from deceased family members. However, as readers continue to read the book, they find out that this is not the way Gatsby earned his money at all. The way Gatsby had actually earned his money is by selling liquor. He worked with Meyer Wolfsheim in this illegal matter. He owned a variety of drugstores, eventually earning him a lot of money. He does not tell anyone about how he was brought into wealth, other than
However, how they obtained their money is different. They are both highly respected individuals, but Gatsby did not have the friends to help him earn his success. He was used for his parties, no one attended his funeral when he died other than Nick, a few servants, a minister, and Gatsby’s father. Daisy left with Tom, totally forgetting about the relationship they had. It is her fault that Gatsby is dead, she was driving the car. She needed to leave town. Jeff Bezos, on the other hand, had multiple of his friends help him start up his career, in fact, he probably would not be as wealthy as he is now if it wasn’t for his friends and family. He is not just respected for his money, but for how he earned his way to success. All in all, both men earned what they had. Gatsby just took a more illegal route than