Jay Gatsby destroyed his hopes of succeeding in life by trying to recreate the past and hanging around hard head aristocrats. His fellow characters in The Great Gatsby took advantage of him, and had no sympathy for his feelings or life. On the flip side, Gatsby was concentrated on making himself happy as well as trying to do what he believed would benefit him the most. These wealthy characters had had no affection or care for others, all they wanted to do was drink, spend money, and do things for themselves in the 1920s. The them of their hollowness of mind can be seen and discussed when the characteristics of the people of West Egg and East Egg are analyzed and how their actions can affect others around them. The upper class is a select group
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They only focused on making themselves happy, comfortable and that they were having an alright life. You can see the horrid effects of all of the characters actions on Nick Carraway. He was used as a ploy for Gatsby to get to Daisy, he was also in the midst of all the arguments that came along with that love triangle. Nick was involved in the other love triangle with Myrtle and Tom, he was pressured into drinking and hooking up with Myrtle’s sister who he was not ecstatic about. The people who were always at Gatsby’s parties would get sloppy drunk and then argue and disrespect other guests and Gatsby’s house. At one point early in the story, Nick Carraway says, “This is a valley of ashes,”(27), talking about the scrambled East and West Eggs. They are unhappy and angry, it 's crazy to think that all the money in the world could buy someone happiness, and this is demonstrated through the various arguments between Daisy and Tom, Myrtle and Tom, and the biggest one involving our favorite love triangle, Gatsby, Tom Daisy, and of course, Nick was there. These members of society all believed they had the power to get whatever they want, whenever they want because they have a deep supply of money. When reality hit them, they realized that they didn’t have it all, Daisy didn’t want Gatsby, Tom actually loved Daisy, Gatsby had nothing to live for, and Nick, well he decided it was his time to head back the
They only focused on making themselves happy, comfortable and that they were having an alright life. You can see the horrid effects of all of the characters actions on Nick Carraway. He was used as a ploy for Gatsby to get to Daisy, he was also in the midst of all the arguments that came along with that love triangle. Nick was involved in the other love triangle with Myrtle and Tom, he was pressured into drinking and hooking up with Myrtle’s sister who he was not ecstatic about. The people who were always at Gatsby’s parties would get sloppy drunk and then argue and disrespect other guests and Gatsby’s house. At one point early in the story, Nick Carraway says, “This is a valley of ashes,”(27), talking about the scrambled East and West Eggs. They are unhappy and angry, it 's crazy to think that all the money in the world could buy someone happiness, and this is demonstrated through the various arguments between Daisy and Tom, Myrtle and Tom, and the biggest one involving our favorite love triangle, Gatsby, Tom Daisy, and of course, Nick was there. These members of society all believed they had the power to get whatever they want, whenever they want because they have a deep supply of money. When reality hit them, they realized that they didn’t have it all, Daisy didn’t want Gatsby, Tom actually loved Daisy, Gatsby had nothing to live for, and Nick, well he decided it was his time to head back the