Supreme Court Judge, Oliver Wendell Holmes, once said, "In my thirty years of legal experience, I have never witnessed money helping a victim, although I have seen it pretending to help them." In F. Scott Fitzgerald's American masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, the main character, Jay Gatsby attempts to rekindle his long-lost romantic relationship with Daisy Buchanan, by flaunting his newfound wealth and success. During the time Gatsby and Daisy were apart, Gatsby works for and attains the American Dream-wealth and success. Despite this, Gatsby feels like he lacks love. Thus, he moves to Long Island and takes up residence across the bay from Daisy in the hopes that Daisy will become attracted to him and love him because of his wealth. By describing vivid settings and relationships and by displaying ever-changing tones throughout The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald educates the reader about the myth that money fixes problems of the heart, social problems and past problems.
             Fitzgerald paints a portrait of 1920's social status by pointing differences between the residences of Gatsby and the Buchanan's. Gatsby represents "new money" and lives on the less exclusive West Egg, Long Island. Tom and Daisy Buchanan represent "old money" and live on the more exclusive East Egg, Long Island. In addition to separating the "Eggs" by social status, the homes of Gatsby and the Buchanan's differ as well. The Buchanan's live in an older, more traditional estate. "Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian colonial mansion overlooking the bay" (11). On the other hand, Gatsby's mansion is a newer home that, "...was a factual imitation Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, sparkling new under a thin beard of raw ivy..." (9). Case in point, the "old money" like the Buchanan's, frown upon Gatsby's "new money."
             Love and the problems it causes presents itself as the major theme in Fitzgerald's T...