... men's love "increases her value in [Gatsby's] eyes" (156; Ch. 8). These objects mean nothing to the characters save what the characters can trade for them. Because Daisy is so objectified throughout the novel, she has a high exchange value; furthermore, the things she places value on also carry a ... high market value. Gatsby "revalue[s] everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from [Daisy's] well-loved eyes" (96; Ch. 5). He cares more about what Daisy thinks about his material possessions than ... 188; Ch. 9). Here, Nick is using Daisy and Tom to typify the e...

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... Through study of society, one will find that money is not necessary, but in capitalism, money keeps you alive. In socialism, there is much room for growth within the nation in the field of education and work to growth as a human being. Money also plays a very big part in socialism but ... quite the opposite, because while capitalism employs wealth as the standard at which people are judged, socialism utilizes the strengths and skills of the people to measure their worth. Men and women are not what they have amassed, but what they know and how well they are at doing it. In socialism ... m...

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