But as Sander’s said, “I was slow to understand the deep grievances of women” (Sanders, 350). He was jealous in a way at the same time very naïve. He didn’t understand that just because woman didn’t have a job that was making money, didn’t mean that they weren’t busy with things at home. “Like the menfolk, they fretted about money, they scrimped and made-do. But, when the pay stopped coming in, they were not the ones who has failed” (Sanders, 350).
Her relationship with Gatsby was defiantly closer to the definition of love, but because of where her heart really is, she’s better suited for Tom. This idea of old wealth and new wealth defines a line between Tom and Gatsby. Old wealth is money born into and passed down through the family and new wealth is acquired or obtained in a lifetime. An example was when Gatsby feels unable to speak in Buchanan’s house because of the barriers of wealth. Gatsby says, “I can’t say anything in his house, old sport” (?).
The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby, written by F.Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1925, illustrates a variety of themes between the lines of its story. As the beautiful and charming Daisy finds herself torn between two loves, Gatsby and her husband Tom, we see her emotions split between the desire for new money and old money. As the book comes to its close, she chooses old money, symbolized by her husband Tom, because it envelops a net of safety created by social connections. As a representation of the American Dream, the golden girl makes more than choices; she defines who is a true part of the ideal life, and who is not. In a similar way, Tom defines who is a lady worthy of being heard and who is not, rejecting Myrtle the privilege of recognition.
Response paper The essay “The way to wealth”, written by Benjamin Franklin and published in 1757, deals with the former bad economical situation in America and gives advice how to escape from it to achieve a wealthier life. In the following, I will elaborate on the different kinds of virtues that Franklin found important in order to become wealthier as well as the fact that they are still relevant nowadays. Benjamin Franklin points out that every man can improve his life and accomplish wealth by working hard, spending time efficiently and saving and spending money wisely. If you use your time efficiently, not by being lazy but by working, you will improve your situation. Nobody will ever be successful by being lazy.
She was "in love" with Algernon who was acting as if he was Earnest(i.e. he was not, because Jack was indeed named Earnest), Lady Bracknell opposed to her and Algernon getting engaged but then changed her mind because she found out that Cecily was a very wealthy person. another way that i feel like oscar wilde represented the victorian era is how he related his character as having complicated points of view and issues with their emotions about love and marriage. i feel like on the book
Gatsby had made a living through illegal activity to gain the lavish lifestyle that Daisy was attracted to. Though it would have been in Gatsby's best interest to let go of his dream with Daisy, over time Gatsby had learned to “expand his powers of adjustment" (Fitzgerald 100-101) to the lies and illusions that he had created. Gatsby had felt that Daisy is something that he needs rather then something that he wants. He is willing to go to any length, no matter how risky and unpleasant, to accomplish his dream to be with Daisy. Daisy, a selfish girl, makes decisions based on her personal desires.
Gatsby puts away every other aspect Samra 2 of American Dream and focuses on earning enough money to get his Daisy to him. Fitzgerald shows that Gatsby is not enough to be with Daisy by writing, “He took what he could … he had no real right to touch her hand” (Fitzgerald 149). This tells readers the difference in the social standing between Daisy and Gatsby, and Gatsby gets motivated by the power of money Daisy holds to be the man who has same social standing and money as Daisy, so that he could cope up with the idol man of Daisy’s life. Fitzgerald even writes, “He knew that Daisy was extraordinary … into her rich, full life, leaving Gatsby-nothing” (Fitzgerald 149). This
The wearing of the “gold hat” seems to be a metaphorical way of wearing his new found wealth. Although at first it seems as if Gatsby is trying to show off all of his wealth to Daisy and how well he has done by himself without her, but he is actually on a mission to gain her affection and love and the only way he knows how to accomplish his mission is by wearing his “gold hat”. In the second line of the epigraph Gatsby is told to “bounce high”, which could mean if he can earn lots of money and give himself a high status then he should aim for her as well. The next line of the epigraph states “Gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover” which shows the reader Gatsby’s relationship with a woman who is the love of his life and the person who he is trying to impress throughout the book by earning lots of money. This woman is Daisy.
The Real Face of the American Dream “The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision of the dream.”- Azar Nafisi. People are striving to achieve the American Dream, but they seem to be more drawn to money and success rather than values and morals, and by doing so they miss the main idea of the American Dream. The author of the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, is challenges the readers to examine how the American Dream was portrayed in the 1920s and he express the negative aspect of the American Dream through the characters’ lives. The author demonstrates it by showing the wrong perception of the American Dream in this time period, by the illusion that the Buchanan's have the American Dream and by the bad impacts the American Dream has on the characters’ lives. The novel The Great Gatsby demonstrates the wrong idea people in the 1920s had on the American Dream.
These people were supposed to pay taxes in wartime; however, because they were not used to paying taxes, this rule was rarely enforced. This estate added to the strain on the economy, and yet the people of this class lived luxuriously enough that they did not care. They, too, saw no problem in the Estates-General or in social structure. Again, the members of this estate saw only