les," Rags complains, "There you are, what have you to offer me? Love. Love?!" She believes that love is nothing and because John is not rich she does not want to be with him. For her the purpose of life is not to love and live happily. Sure she wants to live happily, but she has never seen happiness so she cannot imagine a happy life without money. However in The Great Gatsby, Jay does not want money because he thinks it's the only way he can be happy. Jay's sole purpose for attaining his money is to recapture the love he had with his girlfriend who could only live a glamorous life s!
             tyle. Jay is disillusioned into believing that a whole lot of money can make Daisy love him and thus bring him his happiness.
             Unlike Rags and Gatsby, Holly Golightly, from the short novel Breakfast at Tiffany's is more interested in happiness and freedom than glamour and display. This can be seen when she comments on how much she hates cages. Although Holly does want money, she only wants it so she does not have to
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