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The Great Gatsby - Online Term Paper

The Great Gatsby

Spencer Langer
Mrs. Kiefer
American lit. B
18, October, 2012

Think to yourself, "If I had a million dollars but no friends, family, or significant other to share it with would I still be happy?" Take the same thought and now apply it the other way, "if I had little to no money but many friends, a loving family and a spouse to share it with would I still be happy?" In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald uses money to influence the lives and actions of the characters as well as the theme. Money influences the novel in the sense that money can be used to hide lies only for duration of life, money influences the people who we are associated with, and money ...

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makes" his false beliefs seem "bigger than they are, and more vulnerable" to ridicule and scorn (A.E. Dyson 64). Gatsby achieved his money through illegal practices and does a good job at hiding it because he distracts you with all the glamor of being famously rich. He believed that because he threw parties and flaunted his money no one would question how he got it all. At first this works, but it ends up being his fatal mistake, literally. In chapter four Nick, the main character and narrator, is surprised to see people " On Sunday morning" returning to Gatsby's house and yelling all about that "He's a bootlegger," (Fitzgerald 61). At first you think this isn't true, how could such a nice guy be a bootlegger? In the midst of the novel we find that Gatsby is indeed a bootlegger and thinks that because he's rich it's okay and daisy will marry him. While this does work for Gatsby for a bit, sooner or later Daisy finds out that his money is dirty and wants nothing to do with ...

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Added: 2/10/2014 09:46:59 AM
Submitted By: spencer
Category: English
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