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.
The movie and the book show how everyone is dependent on their
wealth to be happier in their lives. The film presents New York in West Egg and East egg as a society that is very segregated by the types of people, places, and how much money people had. Gatsby is a great representation of the higher class with amounts of money East Egg wished they had. Jay put his wealth to use by his glamorous parties and the number of people who go to the parties. At Gatsby’s glamorous parties, there is an old sport named Nick. When Nick got to Gatsby’s grand party, he declares that something is strange; “I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited, they were just there” (9). When people would just show up without being invited, majority of the people that attended the party did not know who Mr. Jay Gatsby is. This was a sign that no one really respected Gatsby and what he as provided for them. (“... Who is quickly seduced by substances… to the garishly glam galas thrown by Nick’s lavishly wealthy next door neighbor, Jay Gatsby”) (Leonardo DiCaprio). Jay has so much wealth in this community he can spend it on whatever he wants to in hopes to find Daisy. The glamorous parties also relate to how much money all of these people had. Leonardo DiCaprio states that the party is a (“... garishly glam galas thrown by Gatsby”) (Leonardo DiCaprio). Gatsby did not throw all of these parties just to have people over at and to make himself known”, he did it to fulfill his American dream. The dream of having a life with Daisy, and staying optimistic throughout his whole life to try to get to his ultimate goal.
In the novel, F Scott Fitzgerald depicts not only wealth but also poverty, with the differences between West Egg and East Egg. West Egg and East Egg are distinguished as being very diverse in the sense of different people, different styles of living, and different jobs. The two cities are divided up by the valley of ashes, which is watched over by the God's eyes. East Egg has a stereotype that many people evloved from wealthy families and are always snobby and greedy. Tom, Daisy, Nick, and Gatsby all live in East Egg. Gatsby has a dream that he has to fulfill a life with Daisy in it. He throws magnificent parties to try to lure her into one so, he can talk to her. Gatsby hopes one day she would show up and they would be together and the last five years disappeared. The Great Gatsby portrays the difference between poverty and wealth by where the characters live but also by how they acts.
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
Egg.