ased solely on her good looks, but rather on what her family’s money made her to be: a beautiful rich girl. However, to be a part of that society one has to sacrifice certain things – moral values and feelings. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald shows the reader that Jordan Baker succeeded at that.It is interesting that Gatsby is the only character who is although very rich, is not depicted as a bad person. Money, or rather the initial absence of it has shaped Gatsby’s life. It was because of him being poor that he could not ask Daisy to marry him back in Louisville. Although his ways of making money might be considered inappropriate and even illegal, yet his character still appeals to the reader. Fitzgerald shows the reader what makes Gatsby so different from the rest of the characters – Gatsby did not become rich out of self-love, but to get the woman he loves. Jay Gatsby has a soul. He proves it to the reader in the end of the novel, when he shows his willingness to sacrifice himself for Daisy. “‘Yes,’ he said after a moment, ‘ but of course I’ll say I was [driving]” (151) – after so carefully concealing his past Jay Gatsby is willing to risk the exposure just to save Daisy. Fitzgerald also shows the reader “the other kind of people” – those who do not have a soul. When introduced to Daisy and Tom Buchanan, the first thing that the reader learns about them is their financial status: His [Tom Buchanan’s] family were enormously wealthy – even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach – but now he’d left Chicago and come east in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance he’d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that. (10) Fitzgerald portrays Tom Buchanan as a very arrogant and overly c...
