... still rather fresh in everyone's memory and wealthy people wanted to forget and have as much fun as possible and so people would splash out on expensive things such as cars and parties and live meaningless, yet social, lives. Everything during that time seemed quite meaningless, all the alcohol and parties and such, but Gatsby doesn't particularly seem to like this ... ...
... to acknowledge and accept that the past is inextricably linked to future. Judith Fetterly eloquently describes Gatsby's moral dilemma when she writes, " Behind the figure of Jay Gatsby, with his cars and money, is the image of Jay Gatz, the poor boy with his nose forever pressed against the window" (10) Conclusion The protagonists of Sister Carrie and The Great Gatsby ... ...
... Gatsby's involvement in bootlegging and gambling as well as his decadent parties where greed and the material aspects of life prevail. He cannot feel happy or fulfilled without his mansion, cars, and the final piece of the puzzle, Daisy Buchanan, to create a sense of security and certify his "aristocratic self." Gatsby is ultimately destroyed by the same dream that he had ... ...
... happiness, Gatsby built a house directly across the bay from Daisy's in order to impress her with his great wealth. Through flaunting his wealth with lavish parties, elaborate mansion and extravagant cars of "monstrous length with triumphant hat boxes, supper boxes and tool boxes...Sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort of leather conservatory way", materialism became Gatsby's instrument in ... ...
