Use Of Cars In The Great Gatsby

The mass production of cars in the 1920’s relates to the materialism and recklessness shown in Gatsby’s car. Before this time cars were new and many people did not have them because they were too expensive. Once the assembly line was created and was put to use cars became easily creatable and were being mass produced let alone the cost of them went down greatly. The people of this time that got cars would drive and use them to get from work to home faster which meant they could now live farther away from work without having to worry about taking to long to get to work. People were not ready to handle this sort of responsibility because at this time everyone began spending their money at no expense, they also began to buy everything their little …show more content…
The people of the time had different ways to getting their riches one way was inheritance. These people don 't care about anybody but themselves, the inherited money side live as if whatever happens happens and just continue on as they are given everything and anything they want. They never work for any of the things they get and in the movie this is shown through the lives and the driving you see them do. Daisy and Tom’s lives reflect the carelessness that is portrayed in the book. “ But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them.” This just shows that after all that they have experienced and done they can still flee the scene without a care, without a trace. “ ‘Say when they’d be back?” This quote shows that they are willing to leave everything they had, because of the amount of money they have and just go and start somewhere else completely knew. Tom in the movie also upon realizing that he had a chance to get Gatsby killed took it and that is crazy thought. If someone has been cheating on your wife you talk it out and or get a divorce. Tom along with men from that time see women inferior to men and they believe that women should stay in the house and shouldn’t do anything except cook clean and raise children. Daisy also has that mindset as she says “ I hope she’ll be a fool - that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool, ” which means she also understands that women of the time are not treated fairly. Tom and his views of him being on top and the head of the family is the only thing that he cares about. Tom acts as if all the pain will be gone after he tells daisy he loves her and that everything will be ok between them. Daisy of course being the lover of money and just wants to live around it accepts