The Great Gatsby Essay
Rabiba lodhi
4/22/14
Period 5
Money can’t buy happiness
Money is just an amount that you have, you can buy materialistic thing which might make you happy, but it won’t be forever; neither money nor the happiness. Money symbolize certain statuses in the world. In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays these views of money among the characters in the novel. Personally, I think that money doesn't buy you happiness. It may make you feel happy for a short period of time but not forever.
Happiness is a feeling from within, money doesn’t relate to it. In The Great Gatsby, it proves that it doesn’t matter how wealthy you are you can’t just buy happiness, you need to work for it. A little effort or a push is definitely needed. Money is just an amount, it won’t last forever and so will your happiness. Money can’t buy happiness.
F.Scott Fitzgerald through Gatsby, shows that money can’t buy happiness. Even though
Gatsby is rich and wealthy but that doesn’t mean he is happy with his life and has everything he wants. In the beginning of the chapter, when Nick and Gatsby drives to NYC for lunch in a luxurious car, “it was rich, creamcolor, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat boxes and terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns”(64). It describes how beautiful and luxurious the car is, that Gatsby uses to impress his guests. He has money to buy such a car but it doesn't mean he’s happy. Gatsby shows off through materialistic things to get up to impress Daisy. “They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such –
such beautiful shirts before."(119) Gatsby’s
4/22/14
Period 5
Money can’t buy happiness
Money is just an amount that you have, you can buy materialistic thing which might make you happy, but it won’t be forever; neither money nor the happiness. Money symbolize certain statuses in the world. In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays these views of money among the characters in the novel. Personally, I think that money doesn't buy you happiness. It may make you feel happy for a short period of time but not forever.
Happiness is a feeling from within, money doesn’t relate to it. In The Great Gatsby, it proves that it doesn’t matter how wealthy you are you can’t just buy happiness, you need to work for it. A little effort or a push is definitely needed. Money is just an amount, it won’t last forever and so will your happiness. Money can’t buy happiness.
F.Scott Fitzgerald through Gatsby, shows that money can’t buy happiness. Even though
Gatsby is rich and wealthy but that doesn’t mean he is happy with his life and has everything he wants. In the beginning of the chapter, when Nick and Gatsby drives to NYC for lunch in a luxurious car, “it was rich, creamcolor, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat boxes and terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns”(64). It describes how beautiful and luxurious the car is, that Gatsby uses to impress his guests. He has money to buy such a car but it doesn't mean he’s happy. Gatsby shows off through materialistic things to get up to impress Daisy. “They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such –
such beautiful shirts before."(119) Gatsby’s