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Gatsby's house contained massive rooms for throwing parties. It was castle-like with several windows. Also, Gatsby typically kept his lights on. This gigantic estate would cost over $34 million in 2017 and $2.3 million in 1922 on the West Egg of Long Island.

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Gatsby's weekly parties were epic and iconic. Everyone came to his parties. They were legendary. There were flappers, a famous piano player, alcohol, and balloons. Parties today are very similar to Gatsby's parties, almost as if he invented them. Gatsby's grand parties would amount to about $250,000 every week, which is about $1 million every month.

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Gatsby's closet was vibrant and colorful. He had a personal shopper in England that sent him clothes at the beginning of each season. The colors of Gatsby's suits symbolize the events in the novel. His clothes would cost approximately $50,000 per season.

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Gatsby would have one of the fastest and most innovative cars at the time. Due to America's expanding economy, Gatsby would have had access to foreign automobiles. He had a fancy, yellow car, which later became a major symbol in the novel. His car would cost nearly $400,000.

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Gatsby hired people to work for him; these occupations ranged from taking care of the landscape to answering the phone for him. This would cost nearly $65,000 for his secretary per year and another $15 per hour for each of his several landscapers.

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While Gatsby was living his luxurious life on West Egg, others were struggling to get by. These people, such as George Wilson, lived near the Valley of Ashes. These locations show the difference in the social classes. The American Dream was the hope of almost all Americans to be able to easily get by in life, without worry or grief.