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Fulfilling Relationships
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Freedom
When Myrtle's husband has suspicion about her having an affair, he decides that they are going out west. He says that Myrtle is "going whether she wants to or not. I'm going to get her away." (Fitzgerald, 7) By choosing to have an affair Myrtle lost her freedom within her home. This is similar to the way that some of the top executives at banking corporations lost their jobs and some threatened with arrests in "Inside Job". Like Myrtle, the loss of freedom never really came to fruition. Although the executives lost the freedom that comes with having a job, they ended up with significant golden parachutes, and none were ever successfully tried for fraud. Myrtle died before her husband could force her to move West. Myrtle and the bankers both had to suffer from the increased scrutiny when people found out about their misdeeds. In addition Myrtle loss of freedom to the bankers in "First They Jailed the Bankers." Both had to be moved to a place they did not really want to go because of something they did. The main difference is that Myrtle died before her sentence could be completed.

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Deception

Jordan can be portrayed as a somewhat deceitful individual throughout this book in a multitude of manners. She comes off as a person who will be deceitful, dishonest in order to get the goal she desires, such as her golfing career. She is even described as individual who “ had been dealing in subterfuges”. (Fitzgerald 3) This piece in the book can be interpretd that Jordan has a deceitful Personality in order to get exactly what she wants. This can be contrasted to the documentary known as “Inside Job” also, where corporate business leaders, are deceitful or dishonest in order to deceive the public view and portray themselves  as refined individuals in a modern society. Which can be seen with Jordan throughout the book when she is with a Nick. Furthermore, in a companion reading known as “ Lest We Forget: Why We Had A Financial Crisis”, it’s portrayed that a certain financial crisis in 2008 was caused by mainly one certain factor known as Congress, which spread a huge lie, that most of the world believed. This can be interpreted as deceitful by the Congress and ultimately can mimics some  of Jordan’s Personailty in the book. To conclude, the companion reading and the documentary “Inside Job” provide some examples of how people in general  can be filled with deception in order to achieve what they want in life such as Jordan in The Great Gatsby with her morals.

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Integrity:
In order to win her first golf tournament Jordan choose to move "her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round." (Fitzgerald, 3) For her to continue in the tournament she had to cheat which sacrificed her character and honesty. This is similar to the bankers on Wall Street in the movie because they gave up their moral rectitude to conduct unscrupulous business deals to achieve their dreams of financial gains. Both followed the philosophy of individualism as discussed in the article the Creating of the Good Society. Individualism is a philosophy in which "  individuals are left free to pursue their private satisfactions independently of others." Jordan choose to do this when she moved the golf ball ignoring the fact that she had destroyed the spirit of fairness of the competition. The bankers choose to do this when they pursed material gains at the expense of retirement funds and other who invested in the subprime market

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Money:

Tom’s family has had money for generations. He enjoyed doing extravagant things with this money, like bringing "a string of polo ponies for Lake Forest", just for the heck of it (Fitzgerald 16). What Tom does not enjoy though, is the “new money” people becoming more powerful than him.  A dream of his, is for things to go back to the way things were, before this new money came in. In the documentary “Inside Job”, I feel like many of the people caught would have wished for the same thing Tom did. That the “problem” would go away, and things could go back to being comfortable and easy. The article “Economic Inequality: When Enough is Enough” reminds readers about the income inequality of the United States, and why it is a problem. Tom is in the position that the large corporation CEOs or Founders were in, where they have constantly been at the top tier of wealth, while watching the world around have extreme poverty. Tom in “The Great Gatsby”, doesn't enjoy that there is all of sudden a new tier of wealth around him, where people that used to be low lives are not wealthy enough to seem as equals.

He believes that superiors are superiors, and the inferiors are inferior, and that those lines should never blur. But, any status that Tom and people like him derive, comes from the new money giving them the identity of being old money. But having this dream, comes with a cost. The generational wealth never has a chance to renew, so it could run out. Spends cash on ponies or planes is fun, but if Tom wants the wealth he has to be superior, the best thing he could do is to save his money.

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Betrayal

Just like the bankers from wall street and Iceland, Myrtle betrayed her husband George by having an affair with Tom Buchanan. Her husband is devastated when he founds out. The quote, "You may fool me but you can’t fool God!", perfectly sums it up. It shows how shocked he is and cannot gather his emotions, just like the American and Iceland public when they find out about their precious bankers.

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Friendships/relationships:
In order to achieve his goals in the east, Nick Carraway lost many friendships and other relationships. This was because of the big mess he got tied into between Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom. Nick lost Gatsby due to Gatsby’s death. He also lost his tight relationships with the Buchanans and Jordan due to the conflict between them and Gatsby. He was angry at all of them and hated their “vast carelessness” (Fitzgerald 188).

In “Inside Job”, there were many investors who avoided all contact with other people. They sacrificed relationships in order to be successful in the stock market. In the article “Creating the Good Society”, the individualistic approach of investors is explained. Like Nick, most investors try “to pursue their private satisfactions independently of others,” (Andre, Velasquez) which “emphasizes individual achievement and self-fulfillment” (Andre, Velasquez). Nick moved out to the east from Chicago to achieve his goals as an individual in business. This individualistic approach towards pursuing dreams have caused Nick and many investors to sacrifice relationships and get stuck in messes, despite trying to stay simple.

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Simplicity:
At the beginning of the novel, Nick was just a simple man who had moved to West Egg from Chicago “to learn the bond business” (Fitzgerald 6). However, as the story went on, Nick got tied into a complicated set of relationships. He just happened to be related to Daisy and happened to be neighbors with Gatsby, and that was all it took to get caught into the mess of relationships. He was no longer a simple man. This was what he had to sacrifice for his original intention of coming to West Egg.

This issue is similar to many of the people involved with investors in “Inside Job” because investors managed to tie innocent people into a big mess. Even some small, once simple, people began getting into the stock market, became big people, and got stuck in the vicious cycle.

In the article “Lest We Forget: Why We Had A Financial Crisis”, the reason behind the weakening of the American economy was due to the “private sector’s drive for short-term profit” (Denning) through the stock market. Before the rise of gambling within the stock market, most people were simple and innocent. However, similar to Nick,many investors’ goals were mostly short-term. Nothing was going to be permanent. Short-term goals caused them all to be tangled up into a big mess socially and financially.

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Happiness:
In order to achieve his dream of being with Daisy, Gatsby sacrificed his happiness. He was not happy with his life, and he certainly was not happy that Daisy had married another man. He asked Daisy several times why she had married Tom. Daisy’s reasoning was that she “did love [Tom] onceーbut....loved [Gatsby] too” (Fitzgerald 140). He wanted “too much” (Fitzgerald 139) from Daisy. He wanted her love, loyalty, and patience, but Daisy failed to give him that when she decided to marry Tom. Gatsby sacrificed his happiness in his romantic relationships and in his business affairs. He went into corruption and gambling to gain the fortune he had. The way he gained his fortune was a topic he avoided discussing because it did not make him happy.

Investors in “Inside Job” had also sacrificed their happiness in order to fulfill their dreams of making a fortune. They were not happy and they felt happiness by drinking, etc. They would feel happy when they made money or gained power through gambling, but apart from those few things, nothing could really make them happy.

In the article “The Most Successful Founders Are Greedy (But Not For Money)”, it is stressed that investors and “highly successful founders driven by power” (Dickey). This is how investors find their happiness. However, this happiness is not true happiness. True happiness cannot come from money or power, which are things Gatsby and investors value highly. This is why they struggle to be happy and that is their price for achieving their dreams.

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Sanity:
Jay Gatsby’s cost for achieving his dream was his sanity. Gatsby’s dream was to marry Daisy because he had loved her for a long time. However, when he and Daisy met and fell in love in the past, Gatsby couldn’t marry her because he was too poor. The following years, he did everything he could to become more wealthy for Daisy. Gatsby even “bought the house” (Fitzgerald 83) at West Egg “so that Daisy would be just across the bay” (Fitzgerald 83). In order to find an excuse to see Daisy again, he would ask almost everyone he met if they knew Daisy.

He became obsessive; everything he did revolved around Daisy and he did not know when to stop. He lost his sanity and did not realize how corrupt he was becoming. Not only had Gatsby become obsessive over Daisy, but he had also become obsessive over his wealth.

In the segment “Inside Job”, it was pointed out how many investors would also lose their sanity due to their gambling habits. Although they would gain money, they would never pay attention to what they were actually doing and how wrong it was. They would obsessively shape every single part of their lives around the stock market.

What Gatsby and the investors from “Inside Job” failed to see was at what point they needed to stop. In the companion reading “Economic Inequality: When Is Enough Enough?”, the author pointed out how upper class earners only make up “one percent of earners in the U.S.” (Blumenfield). The income gap between the one percent of upper class earners and the 99 percent of lower class earners had “been the widest since the great depression” (Blumenfield). This emphasizes how the upper class failed to see a stopping point in their corruption. They had caused the entire American economy to weaken due to their loss of sanity and awareness. Similar to the upper class in the book, the upper class of the United States never realized when their corruption was hurting others and that they had reached their limit. However, lacking sanity, they continued and never realized that enough was enough.

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Morality
Jordan as we know is already a cheater so she has no morals. Also we knew she had a relationship with Nick but she was willing to give it all up for a wealthy man. This shows that she has no morals, “You threw me over on the telephone. I don't give a damn about you now but it was a new experience for me and I felt a little dizzy for a while,” (Fitzgerald chapter 9). In the inside Job, companies would do the same thing; like they would give up on some clients because other clients pay more. Like this shows that they have no morals.

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Dishonest
In the story, Jordan Baker is a character that is a golfer but cheated and got caught. The thing is that she doesn't just cheat in golf but in many other things, "Dishonest in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply" (Fitzgerald chapter 3). Just like the Inside Job, some people lied and then it fired back at them when they lost their job or company.

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Jealousy

Even though Tom and Myrtle were just having an affair and actually had partners. Myrtle would still get jealous of Daisy and Tom. This is very similar to how the bankers were getting jealous of how rich other companies' bankers were getting. Similar is the case with the Iceland bankers getting jealous of American bankers' wealth. The quote, "Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!" shouted Mrs. Wilson. "I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai –– ", (Fitzgerald, 2) shows that Myrtle is agonized by her.

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Love and attention

Daisy's love for attention is what drives her every action, whether it is inviting someone over for dinner or romancing. This greed for attention is very similar to the greed of bankers and alos entreprenuers such as Mark Zuckerburg. These people are willing to commit terrible terrible actions just to get what they want. The quote, "Oh, you want too much!" she cried to Gatsby. "I love you now—isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." She began to sob helplessly. "I did love him once—but I loved you too."(Fitzgerald, 7) shows how Daisy plays with many people's emotions for attnetion

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Greed- Tom

“She's not leaving me!" Tom's words suddenly leaned down over Gatsby.” This quote portrays Tom’s greed and understanding of his connection with Daisy. As mentioned in The Most Successful Founders Are Greedy (But Not For Money) money is not the goal rather money is used to achieve a goal. With this in mind Tom doesn’t have to worry about money as he inherited most of it. So his goal is to keep Daisy from leaving him by using money to please her.

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Morals- Tom

"I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time." (7-252) reflects upon the low morals the character Tom has in the story. It is seen in the video Inside Job how the investment bankers were ok hiring prostitutes for pleasure and business and seeing little wrong with that. In the same way Tom believes he is doing nothing wrong as long as he still is with Daisy and loves her as well. In the article Creating A Good Society it mentions “abiding allegiance to “individualism.” In Tom’s sense he has only considered his actions affecting his life but is not worried of the impact his actions have on Daisy.

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Morales

Daisy had very poor morales. This was mostly because she was brought p extremely welathy and spoilt which caused her to believe that everything can be covered up with her popularity and welath. Similarily, in the Inside Job and for the bankers in Iceland, they had been so used to not being accountable for their evil actions that they decided to take it to the next level.  The quote,   "Well, first Daisy turned away from the woman toward the other car, and then she lost her nerve and turned back." (Fitzgerald, 7)shows how Daisy has no accountability in her life and does not take reponsibility for any actions.

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Balance:
Jordan was very careless and reckless and essentially did things with consequences that she ignored. This is shown by Jordan saying “They’ll keep out of my way,” “It takes two to make an accident.” She lacks the balance to be responsible. However, nick's influence on her does bring some balance to an extent. This is similar to the banks reckless behavior of offering loans to people who couldn't afford it. The article "

Lest We Forget: Why We Had A Financial Crisis" explains how the reckless behavior of companies to earn a short term profit lacked balance in their life. Much of the recklessness in people's lives are a result of balance to control their actions.

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Morals
Jordan's dream of successful at all costed her morals that led her to do things like cheat at the golf tournament. "She was incurably dishonest.", Nick said because she cheated and lied her way through life in order to achieve her dreams. This was exactly the case in the "Inside Job" as many business executives and CEO's who scammed consumers had no morals because of their dreams to make as much money as possible.
This is similar to the story of Rockefeller as his dream to attain great amounts of wealth through oil cost him his morals as he monopolized the industry. These examples show that one can lose sight of their morals and sense of humanity to try to achieve their dreams.

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Wealth

Gatsby was a rich man because he worked hard to earn his money. He threw parties everyday so he could impress Daisy and try to get her back. He even changed his name because he was poor but he wanna work hard and go under a new name,  “ changed [his name] at age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career” (Fitzgerald chapter 6). This relates to Inside Job because many people worked hard to get Wealth. They tried everyday to make money even though some ways were corrupt it was all but getting money. Again this can be related to Rockfeller because he was trying to pursue his dream while also making a ton of money.

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Carelessness

Jordan is a very particular character that isn’t involved greatly in the main plot but nonetheless holds a deep thought process in life. While, Jordan seems firm and social at the beginning of chapter 1. Her true colors show what her beliefs are all about when it comes to life when Nick recognizes her personailty and even her past. It turns out she was involved in cheating scandal during her golfer days. It even is show later on when they are driving  that Jordan believes the drivers should almost “keep out of my way”.( Fitzgerald 3). Even Nick describes her as “careless” in the end of chapter 3. Overall, this reflects how Jordan believes only in her self fulfillment and doesn’t care how she fulfills it shown in the cheating golf scandal . In, the documentary “Inside Job”, it is also portrayed how corporate business leaders such as leaders in Goldman Sachs don’t care how corrupt their actions are, as long as it accomplishes their self fulfillment for the company and most importantly themselves. This piece in the documentary “Inside Job” can also be directly compared to a companion reading known shortly as “First They Jailed The Bankers”. In this reading it explains how bankers  in Iceland are corrupt in their ways and for that caused a financial crisis in “2008” with over 20 bankers jailed up to that point in time, this represents how corrupt individuals can be in their self achieving dreams for wealth, and in result shows their carelessness in many manners. All together, “Inside Job” and the reading “First They Jailed Bankers” really provide insight on similar examples of people directly reflecting carelessness in their actions similar to Jordan in the Great Gatsby.

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Relationship:
Jay Gatsby has always tried very hard to get Daisy. Gatsby didn't date any other girls or look for any other girls except Daisy. He wanted her from the start but even Daisy didn't care for him that much. She didn't even attend his funeral after he was shot,  “but it wasn’t any use. Nobody came” (Fitzgerald chapter 9). This shows that he wanted her but she truly never liked him. Inn the Inside job, many companies develop relationships but some companies mess them up. Like one company will use the other company and that will ruin their relationship. Talking about companies that use each other and ruin their relationships is kinda like what Rockfeller did. He used companies till he can eliminate them.

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Sanity
Gatsby had lost his sanity trying to pursue his dream and love for Daisy.  Gatsby had gone to the point of insanity in rekindling his love with daisy as she became the only important part of his life. For example, Gatsby "says he’s read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy’s name.” (Fitzgerald 4) Even after not having much interaction with Daisy for quite some time, Gatsby was still obsessive over finding Daisy and express his love to her.
In the movie, "The Inside Job", many of the fraudulent business executives had also lost their sanity when they were caught and publicly criticized. Their dream of money had cost them their sanity and way of life.
In the article "First they jailed the bankers", the bank executives were jailed and lost all their assets after they were caught with fraud, which in turn led them to lose their sanity.
These sources show how a strong desire to achieve a dream can easily cause insanity.

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Integrity:
Throughout the book, Jordan is seen as the pro golfer who parties and sleeps around with men. Tom comments that her family "shouldn't let her run around the country in this way" (134). Nick sees her as a gossip when she spies on Tom and Daisy while they are fighting. She is also known to carefully calculate her risks. When driving and dating she mentions that "it takes two to have an accident" and because of this analogy, she constantly has a carefree attitude. A problem with this though, is that because of her risks, they can still cause destruction and make her question her integrity. She is always hiding her true feelings behind petty comments to make people believe that things are okay. After her and Nick broke up she pretended like she didn't even care but deep down she did. She wanted to protect her glamorous carefree image. In the "Inside Job" many people made up silly cover ups to hide the fact that they are doing something that goes against their moral integrity.

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Honesty:
As quoted in the book about Jordan, she is said to be "Incurably dishonest" (Pg.13). Jordan, a pro golfer, is not only known to cheat in golf but in real life too. because she was caught cheating, this ruined her career as an golfer. She wanted to be at the top and she would be dishonest to get there if needed and that is exactly what she did. Unfortunately for her, this backfired and actually did the opposite. In the documentary, many higher up workers would often lie but have it fall back on them as it did on Jordan.

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Gatsby

Greed

Jay Gatsby claims to be a self made man, a hard worker who earned his money. Although he hints to his actual profession when he tells Nick that “ it happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing”(Fitzgerald 5). He hints to the fact that he actually sells liquor which was illegal during this time of prohibition. In the article The Most Successful Founders Are Greedy (But Not For Money), it states that, the reason that men like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are successful is their thirst for power rather than money. And they will do anything to achieve it. This is a similar case to gatsby where he doesnt make money to be rich, he does it for Daisy. Also in the documentary, The Inside Job, the very wealthy bank owners and stockholders were very greedy as well as very unethical when they labeled bad insurance as the best rating because it was the cheapest insurance to buy.

Gatsby

Truth

Jay Gatsby throws many elaborate parties where guests come and get drunk. He never drinks any alcohol himself because he knows the dangers of it even though that is how he made his money. Later as Nick leaves one of his parties, he sees Old Owl Eyes crash his car and “ leave drunkenly”(Fitzgerald 3). Gatsby knows that alcohol can kill people but still continued to sell it. This corruption is present in First They Jailed the Bankers, when the US bankers were compensated for market fraud as well as in the documentary, The Inside Job. This blind eye that all three aspects share is a part of being wealthy and earning your money through corruption.

Nick

Relationships

In the book, Nick is very fond of Tom as well as Gatsby, but there came a time where he had to choose loyalty to one after Nick discovers Gatsby's love for Daisy. He decided to keep his mouth shut and help Gatsby get Daisy back and sacrifice his relationship with Tom. In the article, The Most Successful Founders are Greedy, it talks about Steve Jobs who is the founder of Apple. He had to sacrifice his relationships with his friends and family to be completely devoted to the managing of his company. Also in the documentary, The Inside Job, the people who were committing in market fraud and corruption was exposed and they lost the trust of all their customers.

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No Risk

Tom in the Great Gatsby has his life set for him. He is part of the East Egg, where his family has had money for generations. This sets him up for a dream, to actually accomplish something for himself. He has lived his life on a “white privilege pedestal”, and even though he likes it, he wants to prove to others he can actually do other things then just use his grandparents money (112).  Like him, CEO’s in “Inside Job” wanted to accomplish things. The difference though is that they are capable to take the risk. Tom’s cost to his dream, is that his isn’t capable to actually take that risk for himself. The CEO’s ignore the trust funds, and make their own money, where Tom never does that for himself. In the article “Creating a Good Society”, the lower class was interviewed about social problems caused by the economic crash, and how they got through it. I believe that since Toms money was completely set for him, it was harder to accomplish his dream. People who come from nothing, have a bigger drive and are willing to take the risk because its all they've got. Tom wants to have that money and safety he can fall back on, which leads him to not taking the risk at all to keep it.

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Identity:
Myrtle desperately wants to be apart of the American Dream, so much so that she would cheat and pretend to be someone shes not. She thinks that acting like shes rich will make people think she is. While trying to achieve this dream she is using Tom to gain social status which goes against her original upbringings and personal identity. Myrtle says "I married him because I thought he was a gentlemen.... but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe".  She is stating that her husband is even below her. In the documentary we watched, CEOs of big companies were very selfish and thought that they could do whatever they wanted even if it wasn't part of their companies values. They would decide things that might benefit them, but not others. In the reading titled "Creating a good society", we learn about how the lower class feels about economic problems and which can be related back to Myrtle.

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Eminence

Myrtle in this book is a female character that is living her life to a somewhat poor standard. Therefore, she desperately desires to have some wealth and eminence to her lifestyle. She try’s to act in a refined manner in order to be eminent in society, even buying a dog on the way to their apartment In a refined manner she mentions “I want to get one of those dogs,” and even wants it almost solely “ for the apartment”.(Fitzgerald 2). This pertaining part in the book really reflects how eminent Myrtle wants to be in society. The article “Creating the Good society” in the beginning really explains the morals of the individual known as Myrtle in The Great Gatsby and  explains how individuals in today’s society are “free to pursue their private satisfactions independently of others, a pattern of thinking that emphasizes self fulfillment”( Bellah 4) in the article “Creating the Good Society. The evidence used in the beginning of this article also pertains to a certain part in “The Inside Job” where the narrator explains how getting more eminence or fame in other words produces an extraordinary feeling to some individuals and drives them to get even more eminence in society. These pieces in both the companion reading and Inside Job really reflect the motives in the character known as Myrtle and her need for eminence in society that is accomplished by a secret relationship with Tom.

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Happy Wealth:

Daisy throughout “The Great Gatsby” dreams to have as much wealth in status and power, as she does in money. This is shown through Daisy’s attitude and voice throughout the book. Many characters hear Daisy’s voice to be “filled with money” (Fitzgerald 120). This voice that was talked about is the voice of wealth, but wealth with only money. Gatsby, and the other “new money” characters have a more popular status and power. They talk different and their parties are about excitement and risk, making Daisy jealous that she doesn't have that. In the documentary “Inside Job”, the people at fault were high status in wealth and power. They went to great lengths to get to that power, taking risks that ended up crashing the markets. Daisy also fails, as the cost to get this wealth in status and power, is that she never finds true happiness with it. In the article “Most Successful Founders Are Greedy (But Not For Money)” it states that “highly successful founders are driven by power”. People in the real world with this power, loose relationships and happiness to get to the top. They can’t have a meaningful relationship with people they have no respect for, when they have so much power that they can just brush lower people off. Daisy dream was to reach that higher level of power, making her actions risky like CEO’s or founders of the major companies. This dream though led to her not getting to attain her other dream, of finding what true happiness is.  Meaning, Daisy couldn’t have both.

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Marriage:
Myrtle sacrificed her marriage because she was unhappy with her husband. By cheating with Tom, she lost her sense of security. She believed she deserved more in life and that one day she wanted to live in the east egg with Tom. He even referred to her as his "beautiful little fool." (17), because she was giving up her marriage to have an affair with him. In the companion reading about wall street and in the "Inside Job", it can be seen how companies will sacrifice their job security or money security to make more. They make bad and selfish decisions to get what they want.

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Finding Happiness:

Daisy throughout the book “The Great Gatsby”, pursues a dream to find what happiness truly means to her. Risking her marriage to be with Gatsby, lying about how she truly is feeling, and running over Myrtle, proves what Daisy will do to try and attain this dream.

Being a cheater, liar, and murder, Daisy ends up destroying every relationship that gives her any meaning or hope. In the documentary “Inside Job”, CEOs of major companies like Fannie Mae, or Goldman Sachs relate to the internal crisis that Daisy is going through. Striving for the risk, like Daisy did when she started a relationship with Gatsby, the CEO’s took investments when it was proven to eventually fail. Maybe they knew as much as Daisy did, where they could go back to a “home base” of safety, like how Daisy went back to Tom. In “Lest We Forget: Why We Had A Financial Crisis”, the “short term profit” idea is reminded. This is like how Daisy felt with Gatsby. Her search to know happiness caused major destruction. Everything she did was for the short term benefit, like the CEO’s during the crisis. Before the time in the book, Nick mentions how Tom and Daisy, “had spent a year in France for no particular reason”, which shows the impulse Daisy had to find a happy place (Fitzgerald 17). Even when traveling around the world, Daisy was unsatisfied with her life, and seeking happiness.

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Money
We all know that Gatsby wanted daisy back, and he would spen whatever he need to, to get her back. Money was nothing to Gatsby, he had so much of it that he just spent it like nothing. He had a mansion that was like a "colossal affair", it had a "marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden" (Fitzgerald 1). In the "Inside Job", we see that many of the bankers had to give up a lot of money because of the scandals that were going on. Rockefeller was in the same boat, as he had a ton of money, but went through a time where he lost a good portion of it. All three had to sacrifice a lot of money on order to get what they dreamed of.

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True Feelings
Jordan Baker was very sneaky, throughout the book it was hard to tell she was in love with Nick. But for Jordan, money got the best of her because she broke up with Nick for a man who had more money. She said that she " doesn't give a damn about [him] now" (Fitzgerald 8). In the film "Inside Job", the businessman were being very sneaky and untruthful about the information. In the companion readings I learned that Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook was secretly going to withdraw his friends from the deals, ruining his "feelings" with his friends. All this so he could better of the company. All three of these gave up their feelings in order to succeed.

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Daisy's true love:
In the book, Tom wanted to be superior and while trying to achieve this he looses daisy. No matter the person, Tom always wanted to be superior. When talking to Nick he acknowleges that he is "stronger and more of a man" (Fitzgerald 7) than Nick.Tom's Although he didn't loose daisy's physical presence, he lost her true love. Because Tom cheated on her, she will never truly be happy or truly love him.

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Morals:
In the book, The Great Gatsby, Daisy sacrifices her morals by cheating on Tom in order for her own happiness with Gatsby. Even though Daisy was married to Tom, she cheated on him with Gatsby because "both of [them] loved each other" (Fitzgerald 131).
In the article, "Creating the Good Society" it is said that Individualism has taken over our lives and every one is concerned with their own individual pursuit rather than working as a group, this relates to Daisy because she was concerned with her own individual happiness when cheating on Tom rather than thinking about what anybody else wants.
In the Inside Job movie, the bankers were more concerned with their own individual wealth instead of the economy as a whole, so when the financial crisis of 2008 occurred they were able to keep all of their money even though the economy and many other people were suffering, in the same way that Daisy cheated on Tom for her own happiness with Gatsby without thinking about the effect it might have on Tom.

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Succeeding

Jordan was one of the best golfers around. "Everyone knew her name." (Fitzgerald 3). She was on her way to be the best in the world. But because of her desire to succeed, she was caught cheating. This ruined her public reputation, pretty much ending her golf career. This is just like the Wall Street workers in the "Inside Job" All they thought about was money, they didn't care what they had to do to get money. In the companion readings, it also talked about the people on Wall Street and how greedy they got. They started to do things that were sketchy, and they wanted who hide. This caused failure in the bank, which was not what they were looking for. Just like Jordan.

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True Feelings:
In the book, Jordan Baker portrays herself as a mysterious, glamorous person. She does this in order to mold her reputation as someone with class and dominance. The cost, however, of her self-built reputation is the expression of her true feelings. For example, when Nick Carraway broke up with Jordan, she tried to seem unfazed, claiming that "(she doesn't) give a damn about (him)" (Fitzgerald 177). However, it was obvious to Carraway that she was lying. Similar to Jordan Baker, many of the people featured on "The Inside Job" said absurd statements to hide the truth. One man even claimed he was too busy writing a textbook to meddle with government affairs. Dishonesty is most definitely part of Denning's list of reasons why the financial crisis happened.

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Happiness:
In the Great Gatsby, Daisy was willing to sacrifice her happiness to keep her stature and reputation. Right before her wedding day, Jordan admitted to Nick that "[Daisy] began to cry" and then the "next day at five o'clock she married Tom Buchanan" (Fitzgerald 76). This proves how upset Daisy was before her marriage began, and how she sacrificed any of chance of being happy by marrying him the next day.
In the video, The Inside Job, Wall street sacrificed other people's happiness in order to obtain more money.
In the article "First they Jailed the Bankers" also shows how corrupt bankers sacrificed the citizens of Iceland's happiness when they initiated the country's economic collapse.
Gatsby, The Inside Job, and the companion reading all reflect the sacrifice of happiness, wether their own or others, in order to pursue their dreams.

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Morals:

Myrtle was so desperate to seek wealth she sacrificed her own morals, by having an affair with Tom. Nick oversaw Myrtle and Tom’s affair as she promised to meet Tom “... by the news-stand on the lower level” in order to hide their affair from her husband (Fitzgerald 26).

In the article “Facebook/Zuckerberg's Greed, Violating Trust, and the coming Privacy Crisis”, The facebook’s CEO went against his own morals, by breaching their users trust and editing the terms of agreement to allow them to use their personal data.

In the Inside job video, many of the CEO’s abused their wealth and violated their own personal morals by involving themselves with prostitutes and drugs.

Gatsby, Companion reading, and the Inside Job all have aspects where individuals went against their own morals in order to attain wealth, which is exactly what Myrtle did with Tom.

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The movie, "Inside Job", showed that the financial crises caused by the corrupt CEOs and business executives cost many lives. While not as severe as death, the financial crisis caused so much debt and problems for consumers like home foreclosures that their whole lives were ripped apart.  Also,  as shown by the article "The Most Successful Founders are Greedy", executives are very power hungry and always wanting more power and dominance over the market. This in turn caused many people's lives to be ruined and their life savings to be lost.
All three of these show that many people will hurt others to achieve their dreams whether it be money or power and many people's lives are ruined because of this.

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Integrity:
Daisy sacrifices her integrity by cheating on Tom and by not telling anyone that she was the one who killed Myrtle. When Nick asks Gatsby: "Was Daisy driving?" Gatsby responded "Yes" proving that Gatsby took the fall for Daisy, putting Daisy's integrity in jeopardy (Fitzgerald, 143).
In the Inside job video, Wall street sacrificed their integrity when they insured mortgages they knew were going to fail in order to make more money among other immoral things.
The article "Economic Inequality: When is Enough Enough?" highlights the unjust pay gap between the different classes along with unsustainable minimum wage. This portrays how integrity is sacrificed due to the knowledge of the unequal wages.
Gatsby, The inside job, and the companion reading all are examples of people sacrificing their integrity to reach their dream of high stature or wealth.

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Marriage:
In the article "The most successful founder and greedy” the individuals who strived for wealth were greedy as well. Myrtle was so interested in the idea being wealthy that she got greedy and sacrificed her marriage, in order to spend time with Tom in the upper class.
In the Great Gatsby, Myrtle “walked through her husband as if he were a ghost, shook hands with Tom, looking him flush in the eye”(Fitzgerald 26). When Nick first met Myrtle he described how she ignored her husband, while talking to him "in a soft, corase voice” (Fitzgerald 26).
In the Inside Job video the majority of the CEO’s of banks were so focused on making a larger profit, they risked the good things they had due to their greediness. Myrtle fits this perfectly because she betrayed her husband's trust in order to spend a fraction of time in the higher class.
Through the lens of the Great Gatsby, companion reading, and the Inside job, myrtle is defined as a character who strives for the wealthy and disregards the affect he greed has on others, like her husband.

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George Wilson: Myrtle is a selfish woman who only has eyes for money. Because her sight is blinded by money, she fails to acknowledge her husband, George Wilson. Myrtle married Wilson for a reason; she loved him. That love, however, faded as her greed for wealth takes over. She "wet(s) her lips" looking at Tom, leaving Wilson in a state of oblivion (Fitzgerald 26). Just like Myrtle, many people such as CEOs of financial institutions fail to see what they already have. Even though the CEOs earned millions of dollars they committed crime to earn even more. Rather than appreciating what they have, they look for more and ultimately never become content. Just as Blumenfeld said in his article, "when is enough enough?"

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Honesty: Jordan Baker was a woman who was "incurably dishonest" (Fitzgerald 58). For example, at the semi-finals of her golf tournament, she cheated for victory. In order to climb the ladder of success she used unethical means. Her actions are parallel to the financial institution which caused the financial crisis. They essentially scammed people to receive higher profits. Not only are CEOs of big businesses thirsty for money, but they are also greedy for power (Dickey). By giving up their honesty and moral values, both Jordan Baker and financial institutions were able to achieve their dreams of dominance.

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Myrtle's quest to escape her poor life with Wilson also leads to tragedy and suffering for most of the book's characters. After Myrtle is killed when Daisy chooses to avoid an automobile crash, Wilson finds out that Gatsby's car was used to kill Myrtle. He then shoots Gatsby and then himself, leaving nothing but "his body way off in the grass"(Fitzgerald 8). Similarly, in Inside Job and the required reading,  the actions of the big banks caused a huge recession that caused job loss and mass foreclosures as the banks created a global recession.

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Advancement: Myrtle desperately wants to get away from her terrible life as a poor woman. So she takes up an affair with rich and married Tom Buchanan. However, Tom and the rest of the rich people do not see her as one of their equals as Tom ends up "With a a short deft moment, [breaking] her nose" (Fitzgerald 2). This is similar to the actions of Wall Street Bankers as they took the wealth they earned and spent it on jets, drugs, and prostitutes. Wealthy people also lust for power which they can upon others similar to Myrtle's situation.

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Indecisiveness: Daisy also became very indecisive as a result of her dream of wealth and companionship. Daisy claims that "she loved him once - and loved you to" (Fitzgerald 7) when talking to Tom and Gatsby over who she loved in the past. She chooses between the two as a matter of which person can provide her more material comfort. In the past she chose Tom, then she chooses Gatsby before the car crash, and goes back to Tom after Gatsby is killed by Wilson. Similarly, the Wall Street/ Fed leaders could not make a decision as they wanted all they could have (derivatives and credit default swaps), and they couldn't make a regulation decision. In the article titled Creating a Good Society, they mention a society of freedom in economics. The Wall Street heads and CEOs believed this ideology and thought they could be indecisive and not regulate anything, causing the crash.

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Decadence: Daisy is an example of the decadence and decline caused by her dream of wealth and companionship. She uses her wealth to escape the problems she had causes. While driving in Gatsby's car after a heated meeting with Tom Buchanan she "turned away from the woman toward the other car, but then she lost her nerve and turned back" (Fitzgerald 7). Her actions while driving shows that she would rather hurt someone over a car that can be replaced with cash. Nick also remarks upon Daisy's as well as her husband Tom's actions: stating that " they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (Fitzgerald 8). Daisy and the rich's decadence is revealed as they escape using their money while letting others like George Wilson deal with the problems they created and escaped from. The Wall Street Bankers did something similar in 2008 as they were not punished for their actions which caused the meltdown and got to escape with all their money intact while leaving the government to solve the mess that they created (from Inside Job and Lest We Forget: Why we had a financial crisis).

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A successful marriage:
"Daisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the dinner table...They weren't happy" (Fitzgerald 145). Daisy stays with Tom despite the fact that he cheated on her, she gives up her chance for a successful marriage in order to be a part of the higher class. Daisy sacrifices her chance at a successful marriage for a high class lifestyle because sometimes people place money over values, like the bankers in Inside Job who knew that the loans they were making could fail and leave the homeowners without a home but they valued wealth more than morals. The article "Lest We Forget: Why We Had a Financial Crisis" portrays that the 2008 financial crisis was caused due to the private sectors desire for wealth. This is similar to Daisy because the private sectors gave up morals and ethics and did corrupt things that led to a financial crisis in order to gain wealth in the same way that Daisy gave up morals by staying with Tom even though he cheated on her, because she wanted to be a part of the higher social class.

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True Identity: In order to pursue her dream of a luxurious life, Myrtle masks her poor life by having an affair with Tom and faking her appearance. Her apartment is filled with "furniture entirely too large for it" along with "enlarged photographs" (Fitzgerald 29). Her apartment is similar to the three private planes that some CEOs today own, as shown on "The Inside Job." Some families also buy three to six houses which they occasionally visit (Blumenfeld). Just to show off their wealth, many people go beyond the norms. By showcasing a fancy apartment and being with a rich man, Myrtle believes that she can be part of the aristocracy despite her true identity of a poor woman.

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One’s Life:
My character is Gatsby and in order to pursue his dream of the love between him and Daisy, his life is taken. When driving to town, Daisy was driving Gatsby’s car and hit and killed Myrtle Wilson. "Was Daisy driving?”
“Yes,” he said after a moment, “but of course I’ll say I was.” (Fitzgerald 7). By taking the blame for Daisy’s mistake, out of love for her, Gatsby put himself in danger from Mr. Wilson, Myrtle’s husband. Due to this, near the end of the novel, Mr. Wilson kills Gatsby because he believed that he was the one who killed Myrtle.