Examples Of Materialism In The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald further represents the Materialistic nature of people in society. He reveals the corruption of the “New money” through the crimes Myer Wolfshiem commits, who satirically characterizes real life gang member of 1920s. In the novel, Wolfshiem is a friend of Gatsby who not only is the “New money”, but also acquire wealth through illegal businesses. Fitzgerald creates him as a crucial character to reveals the greedy nature of the Americans. He also uses him to indicate the fact that Gatsby is also involves in shady businesses. Fitzgerald claims, “I remembered, of course, that the World's Series had been fixed in 1919, but if I had thought of it at all I would have thought of it as a thing that merely happened, the end of some inevitable