F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby - The Power of Money Essay

In the preface to Major Barbara, the playwright George Bernard Shaw observes that silver is the most important thing in the world--it pretends health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty, but, the poet continues, it overly destroys concourse as certainly as it fortifies and dignifies others (Shaw 28). Shaw recognized that many people sort toward money, the ultimate representation of materialism, in search of the power that enables them to live. But, money burn play many parts in the drama of life. It can represent or give the illusion of wealth, prestige, nobility, and power. Those that seek to harness its powers must also strive to conquer its ability to destroy and corrupt. In F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, the tell image of money, no matter in what form or done whom it is portrayed, is used to such an extent that it becomes central to the development of the story. The abstract mood of money can be expressed in many ways. perhaps the most straightforward way i s through the acquisition of grand possessions. In the first chapter of the novel, Nick, the first-...