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Gatsby- Determined

Throughout the book, Jay Gatsby continues to win his high school sweetheart, Daisy, back. He doesn’t reveal his true past to the readers or to Nick until he seeks Nicks help for setting a tea party at Nicks house by inviting Daisy as well. “If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." (Fitzgerald 121), this quote shows that the only reason he moved to West Egg with a huge mansion was to impress Daisy and show off how rich he has become. He threw big parties every night and almost everyone knew about him.

Jay Gatsby- Mysterious.
At the beginning of the book almost all the way to the middle, no one knew the real story of Gatsby, where he came from or who actually was. Nick was curious in knowing about Gatsby. In the car ride to Manhattan, Gatsby lies about his past saying that he was born in a rich family. Later on when he needs Nick help to get closer to Daisy, his past is revealed.

Jordan Baker- Dishonest.
She is a competitive golfer and is described as a beautiful women with boyish characteristics. Nick describes her as "incurably dishonest", as she cheated in her first golf tournament.

Jordan Baker- Carless
She has a bold character and is revealed to be a very careless person. As her conversation with Nick while they were driving in chapter 3, describes how Jordan doesn't desire to be a safe driver and states that others should be cautious in order to avoid accidents. She also doesn't like to take responsibility for her actions.

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(Nick - Honest)
Nick Carraway is a young man who helps Gatsby be with the love of his life and is honest about every situation. Nick states himself in page 59 of the book that he is "one of the few honest people that" he has "ever known." Along with this, even when Nick found out about Myrtle and Tom's affair he never told Daisy about it because he knew it wasn't his story to tell. Even though Nick knows that Gatsby lies to him about certain situation and understood the true characters of people. An example of this would be when Nick realized the dishonest background of Jordan Baker however realized that "Dishonest in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply" (Fitzgerald 58-59) and he felt sorry and casually forgot about this and carried on with his day. Overall Nick is a very honest person and understands the background of everyone before making a judgement.

(Nick Carraway - Educated)
Nick Carraway although he lives in the west egg, is a very educated young man. After he came back from fighting in the civil war he began attending Yale University to get a proper education in order to get a wealthy job in the future. Although he is book smart as stated in chapter 1, Nick Carraway is also street smart as he can depict each characters true personality.

(George - Innocent)
George Wilson was very innocent man because while he believed Tom was his usual customer, in reality Tom was having an affair with his wife Myrtle. George is a very simplistic man who listens to the commands told to him by his wife as stated on page 15 when he responded by saying "oh, sure, agreed Wilson hurriedly." George would go upon his day normally while this horrendous event was going on behind his back, until finally, in chapter 7 is realized what was truly happening. George had stated that he had "got wised up to something." Although he had wanted to say more, there was sadly a car accident and he was unable to say more due to the wreck.

(George - Lifeless)
George Wilson is a man who has worked long hours in order to reach the goal of opening up his own garage. After fulfilling this, he directed his attention to his wife and wishes for nothing more and usually isn't a very joyful man. Along with this, George is also a spineless man as he contradicts himself in sentences and finds himself saying " I don't mean that" (p.g 28) and "I just meant."(p.g 28) George does not enjoy all of the lavish parties which Myrtle attends. Overall, the entirety of Georges life consists of his Garage in the Valley of Ashes and his wife Myrtle. Well at least consisted of Myrtle before the affair occurred.

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Tom and George

Tom - Arrogance/Ignorance. Tom represents the American Dream by ultimately representing it as a myth. Most people perceive the American dream as a “rags-to-riches” tale of hard work and effort can get you anywhere you want to go. However, Tom has always had mass amounts of wealth, regardless of hard work since he was born into it and his high position in society. This is opposite of that of George and equal to the highly hated and arrogant CEOs that were responsible for the economic crisis described in the Inside Job. As if it wasn’t clear enough throughout the book that Tom was a terrible human being, he says, “Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions, and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white” (Fitzgerald 7). This shows the blatant racism that Tom has and shows that he patronizes the black race (and probably other races) in favor of his own (white). This is similar to the discrimination of wealth among the US as the race with the highest average wealth are the whites and the lowest are the blacks.

Tom - Royalty. While there is no apparent royalty/government introduced in the Great Gatsby, Tom is definitely the highest class character in the book. Among the others on the East Egg, Tom has a great respect and class in society and he shows little to no respect to those below him. Just like how Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs claim to not be motivated by money, rather power, Tom is the exact same way. Just like how the CEOs in the Inside Job were able to escape with most of their riches intact, Tom was able to simply move with Daisy to another place and forget all that has happened in the past. Just like how there is a huge gap between the upper one percent and lower 99 percent of society, Tom shows no sympathy for those who are way below him in the slumps of the Valley of Ashes and continues to merrily live his spoiled life. Tom also likes to flaunt his wealth,  with one example being him bringing "a string of polo ponies for Lake Forest", which is an obvious flaunting of wealth.

George - Average. It is apparent throughout the book that George isn’t nearly as wealthy as those in the Eggs or those living in New York. However, he does have his own business and income, so he is better off than many of the impoverished people/slaves of those working for the Valley of Ashes. He cares for his wife, Myrtle, who walks all over him and his love is clear when we see Nick narrate George saying “‘Oh sure’, agrees Wilson hurriedly”(Fitzgerald 2), which is likely just one of the many times he has given his direct attention to her. Just like how the lesser earning American citizens in the Inside Job were the ones that were getting “scammed” by the banks, George’s wife had an affair with Tom (CEO) that majorly affected him and was a major factor in him taking his life.

George - Struggling. While George has his own car business, it is clear that it is a very struggling business. Unlike Tom and Daisy, he wasn’t born into wealth and has had to work very hard to even get by. His struggles with life got so bad, he decided to kill the man that “killed” his wife then decide to take his own. In the article “Economic Equality: When is Enough Enough”, he talks about the ratio between a “McDonald’s employee [who] must work the equivalent of 930 years to match the salary that the CEO makes in a single year”. This difference in the amount of wealth between Gatsby and George relates back to this principle of the lower class earning a mere fraction of those in the upper. George is also one of the early character seen mentions and speaking of God, one of which is when he is talking to Myrtle and tells her that she “can’t fool God”, and that “God sees everything” (Fitzgerald 8). This ties back into the deteriorating of TJ Eckleburg's billboard and how it’s struggling to even stay relevant and upright.

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George has lack of consciousness when patting for his dreams as well as guilts as how he had lost his consciousness when myrtle dies when he furiously states "God DAMN Coward!!...he didn't even stop. his car." (Fitzgerald 149) within great Gatsby and with this he ended up giving his life with the guilt of myrtle diving and killing Gatsby losing temper or control as he states once again "..I didn't have my share of suffering- look here." (Fitzgerald 187). George also resembles how "economy must all lie together ,as it is a global crisis" form inside job which further details how if one loses control or temper , it does not take long for others lose all and everything-maybe even there life just like Gatsby. Georges lack of consciousness can simply relate to reading "lest we forget" which talks about country's leaders start promulgating obvious nonsense as truth , then the big lie starts to go viral, as how George losing temper can be a big deal regarding peoples lives.

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George pays laziness to achieve the hardworking standard, George uses his efforts towards positive contribution. George very well applies to the belief of "good society" from reading "creating the good society" as. to where "an individual are left free to pursue their private satisfactions independently of others" with regards George is the individual who wants satisfy himself and wife by moving to west egg. George pays off lazinesss in exchange of hardwork for better as he state "..no,but I could make some money on the other... I've been here too long, I want to get away. my wife and I want to go west.." (Fitzgerald 130) within great Gatsby which shows the needs of money for George that he can only earn by working hard . George also exemplifies home owners from inside job as who were paying payments to lenders as though lenders deceived them, where in this case George receives help for money form tom when tom gives him the car, but in reality he is the one who deceived him by have illegitimate relation with myrtle.

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Tom is the individual who would reach dreams through physical approach just as the congress described within "lest we forget" as plain and simple but effective enough to "force everybody to go and give mortgages" similar to congress tom uses his physical approaches from body toughness to strength for impressing both daisy and myrtle, daisy because she knew he was strong football player, myrtle by impressing her with look when she states "I couldn't keep my eyes off of him...I was so excited that when I got into taxi with him...you cTom is the individual who would reach dreams through physical approach just as the congress described within "lest we forget" as plain and simple but effective enough to "force everybody to go and give mortgages" similar to congress tom uses his physical approaches from body toughness to strength for impressing both daisy and myrtle, daisy bean't live forever.."(Fitzgerald 40) within Gatsby to show her love at first sight just based on his looks, like wise the economy and bankers within inside made market physically better but making world unsafe.

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Tom is the individual who exemplifies wealth he is the person who uses wealth for any regards as such as Icelanders from the reading "first the jailed the banker" who now controls their government and they also "effectively own their bank" Icelanders used their power to control over banks whereas tom uses his wealth to control entirety of choices in his life like for the time he proposed daisy into marrying him when "...he came down with a four private cars...and day before wedding he gave her a string of pearl valued at three hundreds and fifty thousand dollar."(Fitzgerald 80) within great Gatsby tom through out this life uses expenses for any cause just like the Clinton administration form inside job movie which helped economy grow big through turning deficits into surpluses.

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Penelope
Tom dreams of excitement, to relive the glory days. And how does he get the same excitement as he did pummeling grown men in front of large crowds during his years at college? Through seeing a mistress. Constantly unsatisfied and bored, Tom is always in search for more and more, and what more exciting thing is there than lying and cheating? Despite the excitement Tom found through Myrtle, still everything after his peak “savors an anti-climax” (Fitzgerald, 7). In Inside Job, the bank owners who were the cause of the recession in 2008 refused to take blame both while they were plotting and while facing the effects of their actions. They turned towards lying and cheating for their dream of success just as Tom did for excitement. In the article titled Lest We Forget: Why We Had a Financial Crisis, those who did try to object the injustices of banks right before the recession were shot down by those in higher authorities. The goal for many bankers at this time was short-term profit and they wouldn't let any ethical issue hold them back as they reached for greater wealth. The loss of integrity can be both exciting and rewarding for those with crazy enough dreams.

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Tom dreams of attention and praise, which has ultimately resulted in his loss of confidence. He is attracted to pleasures of life which has led him towards affairs, parties, and a engulfing fear of losing all of his wealth. Seeking approval from his mistresses and high society members, Tom has forgot how to be content with himself when no one else is giving him praise. His dream led him towards racism and sexism, avery insecure practice I might add. When discussing a book he read he added the comment, “if we dont look out the white race will be utterly submerged” (Fitzgerald, 13). Likewise in Inside Job, The bankers had lost all confidence in themselves as they began to believe that swindling was the only way to achieve their wealth. In the article, Lest We Forget, it is obviously that the commercial banks lost confidence in the way they had been doing things when viewing their dreams of wealth through the lens of Wall Street banks. Seeing their success egged them to follow in their footsteps.

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Penelope

Daisy, in the Great Gatsby, had a dream of living a lavish life oblivious to all of her own issues. In order to obtain this dream she had to be indifferent to how her actions affect others. She created a rather complicated and tangled situation with Myrtle and George and Gatsby and left it all behind, in order to retreat to her “money [and] vast carelessness... [while letting] other people clean up [her] mess” (Fitzgerald, 146). Likewise, In Inside Job it is clear that the bankers during 2008 left their mess to others to clean up in order to keep all the money they made and not go to jail. They left no sensitivity to be spared for those they cheated money out of as they spent all their time worrying about themselves. They acted with great insensitivity initially as well when coming up with their schemes. In the article Good Society, it is clear that Americans too are concerned solely with their dream, the American dream. In order to rise in class you must ignore the betterment of others and focus on getting yourself to the top which is ultimately the downfall of our nation. Sensitivity to many is what is holding them back from their own personal growth and can easily be sacrificed when oneself must come first.

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Penelope

For many people integrity is the cost of pursuing their dream. Daisy for example, claimed to love Gatsby, but when he needed her most, when he was dead and left with only a legacy that could possibly be saved, she hid the truth to protect herself. And even worse, returned to Tom, whom she no longer loved. And all for her precious dream of wealth and comfort and societal approval. Daisy was the reason both Myrtle and Gatsby lost their lives, and she let the world believe that the man she claimed to love was at fault for both of those deaths. “She had gone away... and taken her baggage” and secrets with her (134 Fitzgerald). Similarly in Inside Job, it can be seen that the bank owners who were clearly at fault for the recession in 2008 refused to take blame both while they were swindling before the recession and after as they faced trials. Instead of running away as Daisy did though, they switched sides and became government officials who could make their situation disappear, an even more cowardice act than Daisy’s. In the article titled Lest We Forget: Why We Had a Financial Crisis, those who did try to object the injustices of banks right before the recession were shot down by those in higher authorities. The goal for many bankers at this time was short-term profit and they wouldn't let any ethical issue hold them back as they reached for greater wealth. Honesty, for the weak, is easily compromised when a goal seems within reach and for those like Daisy, it had to go.

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Myrtle- Life. Ultimately, Myrtle’s dream pursuit cost her life as Gatsby’s car hit her body whilst “her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick dark blood with the dust” (Fitzgerald, 131). Dreams often end with the death of a person who is willing to accomplish them, as inside job shows us, many people lost their homes and financial security, along with their lives due to their poorness during the 2008 recession. Furthermore, Mark Zuckerberg has undermined the security of the lives of many people. Facebook has crippled many companies financial capabilities and risked the lives of many workers who lost health insurance and those with chronic illness as a result. All of these roads cross at a point and prove that whether in a classic novel such as The Great Gatsby or in real life on Wall Street, people will sacrifice their own lives or the lives of others to obtain their dreams.

Myrtle- Security. Even though Myrtle’s husband was poor she was secure in being his wife and having a place to live. Her security with George was proven as he was “one of these worn-out men: when he wasn't working he sat on a chair in the doorway and stared at the people and the cars that passed along the road. When any one spoke to him he invariably laughed in an agreeable, colorless way. He was his wife's man and not his own.” (Fitzgerald, 31) In Inside Job, the market is described as one of betting, where people are willing to lose it all to make a dollar and their way up to higher society. Zuckerberg himself invested heavily into facebook with his parents limited money in the hopes that he could make something out of his now multi-billion dollar company. All of these scenarios point towards 2 routes, failure or success. In life, one must risk losing it all in order to benefit. Security is risked in order to become even more successful or reach a successful point.

Jordan- Cheating. In order to obtain a goal, occasionally one must cheat the system. Jordan herself “was incurably dishonest. She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage and, given this unwillingness, I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool, insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hard, jaunty body.” (Fitzgerald, 58) Jordan was a cheat in golf and in life to obtain her ultimate dream of being wealthy and successful. In real life, as displayed in the movie Inside Job, the wall street bankers were willing to cheat the system and make bets in order to make quick cash whilst risking peoples savings and the security of the bank. By cheating they got their money, but crashed the global economy. Zuckerberg was willing to cheat other people out of their savings for Facebook in order to let other investors raise more money for the company. Ultimately, all three examples prove people are willing to be low and cheat to get what they want, which is a sign of low morality but in some cases necessary for success.

Jordan- Morality. Jordan Baker is willing to break up her relationship with Nick due to marrying someone more wealthy. Her comment to Nick “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, 168) proves that though she was hurt, she was willing to risk her morals and end things with Nick for a more wealthy man. Inside Job highlights the immorality of wall street bankers who desired more money than they could ever spend and cheated millions of americans out of homes and crashed an entire economy. Zuckerberg was willing to tarnish his reputation as an honest entrepreneur by cutting friends out of deals and not paying members of facebook their deserved money for the company. Ultimately, dreams make people sacrifice some aspects of their morality and desire something better than they already have.

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Gatsby: Morals are the cost to pursing a dream. Gatsby spent many years of his life in the bootlegging business, unlawfully selling alcohol. On the side, he worked for Meyer Wolfsheim. Upon Nick meeting Wolfsheim, it never occurred to him that “one man could start to play with the faith of city million people - with the single-mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe.” (Fitzgerald 73) Gatsby’s wealth was obtained through unethical means. In the inside job, the millions of dollars that CEO’s made were all at the expense of the American citizens. Although the men got to walk away with all their wealth, the undeniable facts of how they gained their money will haunt them forever. In the reading companion about Facebook/Zuckerberg’s Greed, Facebook decided to not inform users about the massive change in their privacy policy. Although Facebook still makes millions of dollars today, this invasion of privacy and major omission of information is an unethical way to achieve their success.

Nick: Trust is the cost to pursuing a dream. Nick claims that he is “one of the few honestly people that I have ever known.” (Fitzgerald 59). However, throughout the book Nick repeadtly omits the truth he knows. Some examples include when Nick doesn’t reveal that he knows about Tom’s affair, when he doesn’t reveal that he knew Daisy was driving the car, and at the scene of the crime when he didn’t tell the police all the information he knew. In the Inside Job, corporations and people of high stature knew about the faulty loans, but lied to their clients about the reliability of them. In the end, this deceitful action caused numerous amounts of citizens to lose all their hard earned money. In the reading companion over Facebook/Zuckerbergs greed, Facebook “snuck in a change to the agreement” and was not upfront about the change to users. All three of these examples an omission of information that ultimately had a negative effect on their businesses/lives/customers. Readers question Nick’s trustworthiness while reading about his hypocritical actions. Corperations and their greedy leaders lost the trust of millions. Facebook lost the trust of their users as well through their lies.

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Myrtle- Loyalty
Myrtle- Abandonment
Jordan- Relations
Jordan- Truth

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Daisy-Freedom
It seems that daisy really just wants to chill, so losing a bit of freedom to attain that goal is no thing for her.
Daisy-Bad Marriage
Daisy just wanted to chill, while the big bankers like to be 100 miles an hour at all times. She marries Tom and endures a bad marriage with a cheater. probable for a bit of his wealth to finally just chill.

Tom-Distance
Tom wants to go into bonds, he cant do that in the midwest
Tom-Loss of morality

Tom goes away from his family, and starts to become