Gatsby is born in poor farmer family. His traditional way of life is to follow his parents to be a farmer. But he has big ambitions to rise to wealth since he was young. He tries many ways to escape from his previous status. He earns illegal money, makes trades in the underworld, makes up his early history. This quotation is shows Gatsby’s determination to struggle against his early social status. In order to do so, he even never really accepted his parents as his parents at all. What’s more, unlike other people at that time to earn money and become part of the upper class, Gatsby’s ultimate goal of becoming rich is for Daisy. He never cares what bad influences his affair with Daisy will cause. He is not afraid of ruining what he has got after
