Taylor Donohue
English 10
February 14, 2014
2. Money Can't Buy You Love (Or Friends)
In the movie and book of, The Great Gatsby, a person learns many life lessons associated with the story and its characters,such as, 'Money can't buy you love, or friends. In this short entry, I'm going to put my opinion on that statement, and why I think that it is a very true fact indeed.
Money can buy you things that make you happy, but in my opinion money can't buy you happiness or relationships. Just because a person can go and get rich and famous, doesn't mean anyone really cares about them. I mean, would you really care enough to break down in tears when a very famous singer or actress dies? I wouldn't,when a death happens its always sad, but I'm not going to ball my eyes out over someone I don't necessarily know.
In my personal opinion Gatsby only wanted to impress everybody, especially Daisy, with is lavish parties and over the top house and bank account. In the end however, the people only used him for his things, they didn't appreciate and respect him, they didn't even show up for the man's funeral! I can't even imagine not having close friends and family that you could tell anything to. I guess that Gatsby had Nick as a good friend, but there was still secrets untold to Nick about Gatsby, when Gatsby died.
Money can buy you things that make you happy, but in my opinion money can't buy you happiness or relationships. Just because a person can go and get rich and famous, doesn't mean anyone really cares about them. I mean, would you really care enough to break down in tears when a very famous singer or actress dies? I wouldn't,when a death happens its always sad, but I'm not going to ball my eyes out over someone I don't necessarily know.
In my personal opinion Gatsby only wanted to impress everybody, especially Daisy, with is lavish parties and over the top house and bank account. In the end however, the people only used him for his things, they didn't appreciate and respect him, they didn't even show up for the man's funeral! I can't even imagine not having close friends and family that you could tell anything to. I guess that Gatsby had Nick as a good friend, but there was still secrets untold to Nick about Gatsby, when Gatsby died.
When Daisy and Gatsby were first in love, Gatsby wanted nothing but to marry her, but did she want to marry him? No. No she didn't, because he didn't have a big enough wallet for her. I mean, I get it, women back then didn't make money to support themselves, they didn't have many rights. So, Daisy just wanted to make sure she was always taken care of. After Gatsby left, Daisy couldn't wait any longer for him to come back and get rich. Daisy needed to marry a nice, wealthy man, and have children like any young lady usually would have back then. I don't think Daisy really loved Tom the way she loved Gatsby. The way Gatsby looked and loved Daisy is how every girl wants to be looked at and loved. Do I think they were in love? Yes I do. Is the money Gatsby acquired for Daisy the cause of this love? No, I don't think so.
In the end Gatsby died with his friend Nick, his father, and only a few other people present at the funeral. So, did any of those other hundreds of people that went to his lavish parties show up to attend his funeral? Did they actually care about Gatsby? No, no they didn't go to his funeral, or even cared about Gatsby. That however, is mostly my opinion, if you haven't already, read the book and think about it. You won't be wasting you time when you read The Great Gatsby, because it is truly a great book.
~Taylor Donohue
