Status equals happiness, or at least that’s what people seem to think. I believe that status and happiness are two unrelated things. As he shows in the novel, Fitzgerald would agree with me that status and happiness are not related in any way. Despite what people think, status doesn’t equal happiness.
The richest of the rich aren’t always as happy as they seem. “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired” (Fitzgerald, 79). Jordan was saying this about Daisy. She was referring to her affair with Gatsby and how she must have had an already fulfilled life, but didn’t. “Her voice was full of money” (Fitzgerald 120). Daisy spoke like she was rich, in an elegant way. Her elegance is a symbol of her “old money” status, but despite
The richest of the rich aren’t always as happy as they seem. “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired” (Fitzgerald, 79). Jordan was saying this about Daisy. She was referring to her affair with Gatsby and how she must have had an already fulfilled life, but didn’t. “Her voice was full of money” (Fitzgerald 120). Daisy spoke like she was rich, in an elegant way. Her elegance is a symbol of her “old money” status, but despite