How Is Wealth Corrupted In The Great Gatsby

A lot of times people think of money as a good thing, but really it corrupts. Jonathan Swift had said“A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.” When people gain a lot of wealth most of the time the start to look down on people but in the end it doesn't matter because we all end up the same. Dead. “We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins.” Tupac Shakur explains this perfectly, no matter who we are we’re going to die because we are the same, human beings. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald shows how wealth creates social class which can ruin relationships. Wealth corrupts if you don't be careful. One example of many is Tom Buchanan, in the start of the book he says,”I’ve got a nice place here.”(7, Fitzgerald 2004) Tom is wealthy but when you invite someone over you don’t tell them you have a nice house, he is corrupted by his wealth and all he cares about is what makes him look good and wealthy. But Tom isn’t the only one, Daisy gave up her true love for money. “She
She chose money over love. Gatsby himself is corrupted by wealth, when Daisy came over to see his house, all he worried about was her seeing how much
Scott Fitzgerald shows how wealth creates social class which can ruin relationships. Mainly because you buy stuff just to show off then you get full of yourself. Just as Tupac said”we all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins,” no matter what we accomplish on earth, we’re going to die so in the end all of it won’t mean a thing. Matthew 6:19-21 says “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” All that matters is what we store up in