Luxury Life In The Great Gatsby

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I . Tom: money is a luxury living toys
In the Great gatsby, Tom and Daisy is the most serious money worship, and under the temptation of money, they lose their humanity and sentiment, responsibility and ethics. "Can't afford to the gatsby in the Tom it won a large number of heritage, extreme luxury life, in his view, the meaning of alive just enjoy, namely: hanging around, recreation, to the party. Money for him just toys in life, is to maintain a luxury life and seek novelty and tools of ostentation. So, Tom in the eyes of money: money is a tool for protection of its wealth and status, is the luxury toys in their lives. In his psychology, gold money first, selfish and greedy and money is it to maintain its reputation, status and luxury life
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Like Tom, Daisy is a man without sense of responsibility and ethics. Daisy had completely in her love for gatsby believed that gatsby can meet the demand on their money, while Daisy married to Tom because Tom is rich. And when the gates than carriers wealth again appear, Daisy is produced to gatsby and great affection, and suggested to accept the pursuit of gatsby. Finally after found illegal occupation gatsby, Daisy and a ruthless abandoned gatsby, and return to the "money" umbrella, namely go to Tom's arms. In fact, Daisy has no real love anyone, with different man just for the sake of man's hands "money". For her, money is a can satisfy the vanity of pleasure and a means of vanity, is "only love", its life is the pursuit of his life. For money, Daisy to juggle with different man and married a don't like him but I can give her money to meet a man.Daisy is a appearance a beautiful mind narrow virtual worldly beauty. With a warm, spoony righteousness than romantic gatsby, she does not have the romantic ideal, not the courage to sacrifice for the ideal. Although she loved gatsby, but more coveted luxury comfort cattle live. Daisy is "money first materialism" the embodiment of the hedonism of the outlook on life. Is this materialistic society typical embodiment

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