Though there are many apparent benefits the that Amory lives with there are also many difficulties that he must deal with that others to not recognize or truly understand. The literary analysis titled the dominating intention by Barry Gross, claims that Amory “inherits a system that seems to him attractive and viable. Amory and the novel move from spiritual marriage to that system to spiritual divorce.” (gross) This interpretation of Amory’s feelings about wealth show how he transcends from a devout love for money and the things it has to offer to a point where he no longer has it but still feels it is an important ingredient to being a good person. He finds that being a part of the aristocratic upper class brings many advantageous along with
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He falls from the social ladder that he so desperately clings to over the course of the novel. When the news from his mother reaches him about their pour investments, he thought “thoroughly into the destruction of his egotistical highways, and in a half hour the listless quality had left his voice” (Fitzgerald, 95) This is indicative of how money shapes him and affords him his lazy aptitude. When the money runs out it pulls away part of his persona he relied on for years. He is hurt by his loss of wealth, Amory says that “several of my most glittering possessions had fallen off when I needed them most” (Fitzgerald, 96). This shows the negative effects that come along with being dependent on wealth. He cannot stand without it; this leaves him weak and alone. Dew to his reliance on wealth, it is clear that it harms Amory more then it serves him over the course of his …show more content…
This word choice of Aristocratic egotism, when focused on, seems to represent that he thinks he has a aristocratic right to have an ego. He feels that naturally he is superior to everyone because of his supposed class, intelligence, and wealth. Amory not only thinks he is automatically superior to everyone else, but that he has a right to success as well, “he marked himself a fortunate youth capable of infinite expansion for good and evil” (Fitzgerald, 19). This furthers the evidence of his self-centered superiority complex. Though Amory sees himself as this flawless individual, it does not help his efforts to fit in with his classmates and with society. In direct contrast, it makes him very unapproachable and off
He falls from the social ladder that he so desperately clings to over the course of the novel. When the news from his mother reaches him about their pour investments, he thought “thoroughly into the destruction of his egotistical highways, and in a half hour the listless quality had left his voice” (Fitzgerald, 95) This is indicative of how money shapes him and affords him his lazy aptitude. When the money runs out it pulls away part of his persona he relied on for years. He is hurt by his loss of wealth, Amory says that “several of my most glittering possessions had fallen off when I needed them most” (Fitzgerald, 96). This shows the negative effects that come along with being dependent on wealth. He cannot stand without it; this leaves him weak and alone. Dew to his reliance on wealth, it is clear that it harms Amory more then it serves him over the course of his …show more content…
This word choice of Aristocratic egotism, when focused on, seems to represent that he thinks he has a aristocratic right to have an ego. He feels that naturally he is superior to everyone because of his supposed class, intelligence, and wealth. Amory not only thinks he is automatically superior to everyone else, but that he has a right to success as well, “he marked himself a fortunate youth capable of infinite expansion for good and evil” (Fitzgerald, 19). This furthers the evidence of his self-centered superiority complex. Though Amory sees himself as this flawless individual, it does not help his efforts to fit in with his classmates and with society. In direct contrast, it makes him very unapproachable and off