... , but for the upper crust of society that wasn't concerned about commuting to a factory, the car was a symbol of wealth and prosperity. Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby both own extravagant cars in order to project their high class and wealthy image. It's pretty isn't it old sport? Haven't you ever seen it before? I?d seen it. Everybody had seen it. It was ... that the American Dream has on the different classes in society. Wilson depends on automobiles for income rather then for pleasure. Wilson barely makes a living by selling gas and servicing cars. He contrasts sharply against the backdro...

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... thinks that money is the answer to all of his problems and obstacles which he encounters throughout his life. Since Gatsby thinks money can bring happiness, he buys the fanciest cars, the largest house, and the nicest clothes. Gatsby has the best of everything. He has everything except the one thing he actually wants, Daisy. He believes that he can buy ... the rest of the house, which his guest see. Other symbols of great status in the 1920's was the automobile. In the novel we are told that Gatsby has five cars. He gives a car to Nick and one kills Myrtle Wilson later in the book. Gats...

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... part of the story is that while Gatsby is corrupted by the money he has, he was not corrupt in making his money. Although he has a large mansion, drives flashy cars, gives extravagant parties filled with excess and waste, and has far too many material possessions, he has not amassed his wealth or its accoutrements for himself. Everything he has done ... shatters his dream by accepting Tom over him, Gatsby has no need for any of his possessions. No longer searching for his holy grail, the house, the clothes, and the cars mean nothing. Nick, who has thought Gatsby to be vulgar throughout ...

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... promise money has that cause Gatsby to follow the "green light". Gatsby is driven by money and is enthusiastic about showing off his wealth. Gatsby buys an enormous house, multiple cars and boats, and expensive apparel not out need but because these possessions make him closer to the "green light". Fitzgerald uses the "green light" to show that Gatsby's life is ... day encountering Daisy and the possibility of starting where the relationship had left off. It was the hope of impressing Daisy that led Gatsby to spend a fortune on his house, cars, boat, and lifestyle. Nick acknowledges Gat...

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... by with peace signs and equal rights slogans or hear blasting disco music from the 70's. However, although the people in these cars enjoy the culture of the past, they know that it is behind them and can never fully be revived. They know that no matter how much they want the 60's ... ...

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... his goal by displaying his wealth. In America during the 1920's the car was one of the greatest status symbols. Gatsby's car is one of the most expensive and lavish cars created. Nick's comments on the vehicle and describe its luster, "...and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hatboxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes...Sitting down behind many layers ... dream when he was young. This can be seen from his journal he wrote as a young man which was discovered by Mr. Gatz. His attempt to accomplish his dream with cars and shirts could have never been successful because it is almo...

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... achieved his financial goal it would lead to a better life. In America the car is one of the greatest status symbols. Gatsby's gorgeous machine is one of the most majestic cars created. Nick's comments on the vehicle describe its luster, "...and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hatboxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes...Sitting down behind many layers of ... dream when he was young. This can be seen from his journal he wrote as a young man which was discovered by Mr. Gatz. His attempt to accomplish his dream with cars and shirts could not have been successful. The American ...

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... is very rich and has everything most of the people in the novel would want. This is not what Jay is striving for though. Jay doesn't care about the money, cars, and enormous house he has. Love is Jay's goal, he worked for all the wealth and popularity to get to the love of his life, Daisy. Daisy is a woman that ... has no dream. Tom Buchanan is Daisy's husband. Tom is a very wealthy man, but has inherited it all and does not work. He sits around, and plays polo and collects cars. The rest of his time he spends having an affair. Tom does not try to keep this affair a big secret; she even...

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... 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 ... ...

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... daisy and Gatsby first saw each other it was very awkward. Nick had left them alone and when he returned they were both "radiant ". The two men drive their own cars away, and Gatsby and Daisy go on ahead while Nick remembers that it is his thirtieth birthday. Proprietor Michaelis that he had locked his wife up. Later, Myrtle runs in ... ...

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... Jordan lies about important things to be able to stay bathing in wealth, which shows that people will do anything to obtain/maintain the American Dream. Another motif used was cars. In Chapter 4, Gatsby drives over to Nick's house to take him out for lunch, and Nick encounters Gatsby's car: "It was a rich cream colour, bright with nickel, swollen here and ... ...

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... more"(179). Gatsby house could represent the American Dream that he wished to obtain, but failed to do so. Gatsby set out to reinvent himself so he got the money, cars, clothes, and the house, and all for what? For Daisy who he wanted nothing more to be with him, but in order to get Daisy Gatsby had to change who ... ...

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... obsessions and the things that they believe will bring them true happiness. Ever since Jay Gatsby was a child he wanted the perfect, well organized life. Gatsby has it all, the cars, the money and a luxurious home. Being able to have any woman in New York, he is striving to be with Daisy and there are many things he does to try ... ...

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... one's fellow man. Also in the novel, frequent exploitation to gain one's own needs or desires serves as a popular path to happiness. For instance, manipulative partygoers use Gatsby for his cars and alcohol. The willingness to use a person for one's own purposes shows a deep interest in material quests, rather than friendship. This quest for material items reigns supreme over any type ... ...

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... 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 ... ...

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... assets. He thinks that his money will give him happiness in life. In America the car is one of the greatest status symbols. Gatsby owns one of the most majestic cars created. Nick's comments on the vehicle, "...and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hatboxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes...Sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort ... ...

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... to assist the actions of the main characters. The East Egg is more of the upscale region of the setting. People that live there have all the money, drive fancy cars and dress in expensive clothing. It symbolizes comfort, which means that it is always pleasant there. The East Egg also symbolizes prosperity. The people there, like Jay Gatsby, are successful ... ...

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... . Gatsby seemed determined to show off his wealth. In a sense he wanted to prove to Daisy had he had made it and was no longer a poor soldier. He bought expensive cars, threw gala parties and had a personal shopper in Europe. He threw his money around on a whim, as did much of the upper class. During this era it was a case of ... ...

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... wealthy Tom Buchanan. "In June she married Tom Buchanan of Chicago with more pomp and circumstance then Louisville ever knew before. He came down with a hundred people in four private cars and hired a whole floor of the Seelbach Hotel, and the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars." (Fitzgerald, 80 ... ...

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... represents the moral disintegration of the roaring twenties by showing the barren wasteland which contains the byproducts of the pursuit of wealth and the American dream. "Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud ... ...

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... and stature that create their happiness, while not always caring about the less fortunate people around them. Jay Gatsby had everything a wealthy man could afford: a huge mansion, fancy clothes, expensive cars. His lavish parties were designed to impress Daisy. But why did Gatsby feel he needed to show off his material wealth to win Daisy's love? It is believed that people ... ...

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... wealthy Tom Buchanan. "In June she married Tom Buchanan of Chicago with more pomp and circumstance then Louisville ever knew before. He came down with a hundred people in four private cars and hired a whole floor of the Seelbach Hotel, and the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars." (Fitzgerald, 80 ... ...

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... is a misfit in this society. Gatz is an extremely wealthy man living in a large residence in West Egg, New York. Gatz tries to fit into this world by purchasing expensive cars; high fashion garments, and furnishes his house with costly objects. Gatsby is known for his extravagant parties on Saturday nights. Gatsby has these parties in hope that he will make ... ...

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... not have any money (Reynolds 2360). His profits after writing This Side of Paradise, finally convinced Zelda to marry him. Zelda and F. Scott went to many wild parties, drove wild cars and spent an excess of money (Reynolds 2360). Their luck ran out in the 1930's and Zelda was committed on and off, to a sanitarium (Reynolds 2360). As a result of Fitzgerald ... ...

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... . Another character who exemplifies apathy towards the rest of the human race is Daisy's husband Tom. Tom Buchanan is a wealthy graduate of Yale University, who spends his time toying with cars and race horses. Tom epitomizes the carelessness and ignorance of the aristocratic class, having myriad sordid love affairs, treating his wife badly, and reading and supporting racist literature. In the ... ...

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