How Does Myrtle Change In The Great Gatsby

In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the 1920's was portrayed as a decade of changing values and goals. The characters all had individual ideals and moral beliefs, most of which revolved around money. Money was the main focus of the characters aspirations, lifestyle, and affected theme of the book. Money was the main topic and driving force in The Great Gatsby and controlled everything in the book. The goals and aspirations of the characters of the book lived their lives around money.
For starters, Gatsby from a young age strived to gain wealth any way possible, he gained knowledge from a mentor, and went to war just to gain the knowledge necessary to impress Daisy. Another example money ruling the goals of a individual is Nick. He was also money motivated, he moved to New York with the hope of making a strong living in the stock business. His rationale for doing this was stated when …show more content…
A first example of this is Myrtle. Myrtle lived a humble existence in a rundown industrial transition area until a man of much higher economical status comes into her life and exposes her to a life of parties and relative luxury. Another great example can be found by looking at the life of Gatsby. Gatsby's whole summer is filled with extravagant events and get-togethers The extant of these deluxe affairs are explained when F. Scott says, "By seven the orchestra has arrived, no thin five piece affair, but a whole pitiful of oboes and trombones and saxophones..." (40), and also when he says "At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and Enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden" (40). Gatsby was able to keep up this habit of super luxury parties by having great wealth. It is safe to say that with out the addition of wealth the life of both these individuals would be vastly different without