What Is The Reflection Of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is known as the American Dream. Americans all around the world believed in making themselves more successful, richer, and smarter. America is always about moving forward. It’s about who you’re with, and not who you are. A young man from Minnesota named Nick Caraway, moved to New York in the summer to learn about the bond business. The entire story is told through Nick and his vision of Gatsby. He rents a house in the West Egg, and has a neighbor named Jay Gatsby. Gatsby throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. One day Nick goes over for dinner with his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, and a friend, Jordan Baker. Nick soon gets in a romantic relationship with Jordan. Shortly after, Nick learns that Tom has another …show more content…
He showed Daisy his house in hope that she realized that he’s not the poor Gatsby anymore like back in Louisville. For example, Gatsby got a big pile of his silk shirts and started throwing them one by one at Daisy. He was trying to show her all the things that he could offer her. When Daisy picked up the shirts she put her face in them and she let out a cry, saying “ They’re such beautiful shirts...It makes me sad because I’ve never seen never seen such beautiful shirts before.” ( The Great Gatsby, …show more content…
East Egg represents old money, or the storied aristocrats who are classy and sophisticated. Daisy lives in East Egg with her husband, Tom. The green light at the end of her bay is used to represent the values of the society in which she lives, which are money and greed. West Egg is where Gatsby lives. It represents new money, which is flashy, garish, tacky and loud. A lot of money could be made by smuggling and selling alcohol and in some cases, fortunes were made by people who came from lower social classes ( “The novels don’t change”,