In the story society makes the characters wish for wealth and power instead of love. The story touches some important points in how society worked in the 1920s such as men being the dominant part in the marriage, wealth, and power being the main source for success. In other words, the main relationship that all Gatsby, Nick, Tom and Daisy shared was how they adjusted their lives to try and obtain the lifestyle that society said people needed to have. In addition, Fitzgerald breaks the enchantment of the 1920s by portraying an example of wealthy families that had a life full of big mansions, expensive hobbies, money in excess, big and parties and fake friends, but with broken dreams and families. As a whole, the society on Gatsby’s story shows that something that looks incredible can turn out to be an
In the story society makes the characters wish for wealth and power instead of love. The story touches some important points in how society worked in the 1920s such as men being the dominant part in the marriage, wealth, and power being the main source for success. In other words, the main relationship that all Gatsby, Nick, Tom and Daisy shared was how they adjusted their lives to try and obtain the lifestyle that society said people needed to have. In addition, Fitzgerald breaks the enchantment of the 1920s by portraying an example of wealthy families that had a life full of big mansions, expensive hobbies, money in excess, big and parties and fake friends, but with broken dreams and families. As a whole, the society on Gatsby’s story shows that something that looks incredible can turn out to be an