Many people try to achieve the American Dream by simply trying to make a lot of money. Money isn’t all what the American Dream is about. Other people know the power of money yet they still think they can buy happiness, like Gatsby. In F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, displays that money does not necessarily bring happiness.
Money does not necessarily bring happiness because Daisy has a lot of money and she is not happy at all. “Your revolting,” (139) said Daisy to Tom. Daisy has money and material things, but with just those things one cannot achieve happiness. Daisy is not happy with Tom because of his affairs. “Rich girls don’t marry poor boys,” Daisy exclaimed to Gatsby. Daisy thinks that money is a criteria that men who she loves needs to have. Even though Daisy has money, she thinks he can have everything she wants and she became spoiled. Daisy married Tom for his money instead of the man she really loved, Gatsby. Tom was convenient and had money. Daisy made......
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