3 rich men so rich, they will never need to worry about provisions for themselves for the rest of his life, see the most beautiful girl, the first man presents to her a diamond necklace which costed him nothing nothing compared to his fortune, the second man presented her a rare albino tiger that was almost impossible to capture, but the third man is a carpenter and crafts the lady a pure wooden heart made from an oak tree he cut down himself, the woman leaves with the third man and the other two men were baffled. Brucker’s The Horatio Alger Myth is the true key to successfulness in how even a poor kid could become one day rich and successful by using Effort, which is working hard, virtue which is how a person actions relates to good morality,
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It was a combination of things such as Nick’s “well-shaved [lawn] by Gatsby’s Gardener”(Fitzgerald 84), which would show how selfish his action was of even when he did something nice but only to get closer to what he truly wanted, Daisy. Or when Gatsby “half expected her to wander into one of his parties one night”(Fitzgerald 79), which would make that action of low moral because he didn’t care for any of his guest there at the party only Daisy. Outside of daisy Gatsby was also not virtuous due to his bootlegging confirmed by Tom who claimed “who is this Gatsby anyhow?\Some big bootlegger”(Fitzgerald 107). Gatsby not working in a legitimate job and lying about it showed how unvirtuous Gatsby truly was and the fact of that drove Daisy away. The fact that Gatsby looked like some notorious kingpin of illegitimacy in his work and words caused Daisy to stay where she felt safe which was in the arms of Tom. Gatsby being selfish with his love “creates devastating portraits of wealthy men who are motivated by greed and prejudice”(Brucker). Gatsby who is a wealthy man who believes that since he’s rich and successful he can now complete the American dream by using his money and materialistic things to find himself love to make himself happy but it’s more than that, Daisy may have loved his beautiful clothes but she can't love his personality when it’s tainted with an impure
It was a combination of things such as Nick’s “well-shaved [lawn] by Gatsby’s Gardener”(Fitzgerald 84), which would show how selfish his action was of even when he did something nice but only to get closer to what he truly wanted, Daisy. Or when Gatsby “half expected her to wander into one of his parties one night”(Fitzgerald 79), which would make that action of low moral because he didn’t care for any of his guest there at the party only Daisy. Outside of daisy Gatsby was also not virtuous due to his bootlegging confirmed by Tom who claimed “who is this Gatsby anyhow?\Some big bootlegger”(Fitzgerald 107). Gatsby not working in a legitimate job and lying about it showed how unvirtuous Gatsby truly was and the fact of that drove Daisy away. The fact that Gatsby looked like some notorious kingpin of illegitimacy in his work and words caused Daisy to stay where she felt safe which was in the arms of Tom. Gatsby being selfish with his love “creates devastating portraits of wealthy men who are motivated by greed and prejudice”(Brucker). Gatsby who is a wealthy man who believes that since he’s rich and successful he can now complete the American dream by using his money and materialistic things to find himself love to make himself happy but it’s more than that, Daisy may have loved his beautiful clothes but she can't love his personality when it’s tainted with an impure