The Rise And Fall Of The Great Gatsby
The Rise and Fall of The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby revolves around the idea of achieving the American dream, and money plays a big role in this concept. During the 1920’s, money was acting as the key to happiness. Fitzgerald portrays the main character, Jay Gatsby as a very wealthy man that believed he could achieve happiness with money in hopes of luring Daisy to fall in love with him. who as a well known man who was very wealthy and had lavish parties and kept many secrets to fulfill his American dream, which he set out for himself. In The Great Gatsby, many characters are divided by wealth and poverty, which led to the conclusion that ultimately money cannot buy happiness.
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Daisy is a prime example of how money can not buy happiness in the novel. She lives in East Egg and her family had a great amount of money to get passed down to her as she became a woman. Before she is a grown up, she wants to wait for Gatsby but, she gets married to a rich guy Tom, because Gatsby was not rich at the time. Daisy had a daughter but wanted to raise her as a fool. The time period made it very clear that if someone was rich that person would be well off and have no problems. When Daisy has a little girl one of the first things she said to her is“...I hope she’ll be a fool. That is the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”(21). Not only was this true in the time period, but it also represents how Daisy is this women in East Egg and is unhappy with her life. Daisy marries someone she does not truly love for the money. She could not do anything about it because of the lifestyle Tom gave her. Daisy is not only being beautiful and wealthy but, on the inside she was hollow and torn apart because of how her life turns out to be in the end. She realizes that her happiness could not be bought with money any longer, when finally she sees her life with Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby was a mix between all different lessons that a book and movie could tell someone. The wealth and poverty had a great impact on the storyline. The unhappiness of the characters made it clear that money could not buy anyone's happiness in the society nor anyone's love toward someone. The Great Gatsby divided wealth and poverty into two very separate sections. Ultimately in the book, everyone felt the same deep down inside whether they had money or did not or where the person lived, either in East Egg or West
The Great Gatsby revolves around the idea of achieving the American dream, and money plays a big role in this concept. During the 1920’s, money was acting as the key to happiness. Fitzgerald portrays the main character, Jay Gatsby as a very wealthy man that believed he could achieve happiness with money in hopes of luring Daisy to fall in love with him. who as a well known man who was very wealthy and had lavish parties and kept many secrets to fulfill his American dream, which he set out for himself. In The Great Gatsby, many characters are divided by wealth and poverty, which led to the conclusion that ultimately money cannot buy happiness.
The movie and the book show how everyone is dependent on their …show more content…
Daisy is a prime example of how money can not buy happiness in the novel. She lives in East Egg and her family had a great amount of money to get passed down to her as she became a woman. Before she is a grown up, she wants to wait for Gatsby but, she gets married to a rich guy Tom, because Gatsby was not rich at the time. Daisy had a daughter but wanted to raise her as a fool. The time period made it very clear that if someone was rich that person would be well off and have no problems. When Daisy has a little girl one of the first things she said to her is“...I hope she’ll be a fool. That is the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”(21). Not only was this true in the time period, but it also represents how Daisy is this women in East Egg and is unhappy with her life. Daisy marries someone she does not truly love for the money. She could not do anything about it because of the lifestyle Tom gave her. Daisy is not only being beautiful and wealthy but, on the inside she was hollow and torn apart because of how her life turns out to be in the end. She realizes that her happiness could not be bought with money any longer, when finally she sees her life with Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby was a mix between all different lessons that a book and movie could tell someone. The wealth and poverty had a great impact on the storyline. The unhappiness of the characters made it clear that money could not buy anyone's happiness in the society nor anyone's love toward someone. The Great Gatsby divided wealth and poverty into two very separate sections. Ultimately in the book, everyone felt the same deep down inside whether they had money or did not or where the person lived, either in East Egg or West