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Myrtle sacrifices her reality of living in the lower class with a husband she doesn’t love. She would rather live another life full of facades and temporary happiness through an affair with Tom and the apartment they have together. In the film Inside Job, people were so focused on getting money and being rich that they would do anything to get it; even if that meant ruining the lives of others. Reality was beyond them once they had their eyes set on the money. In the article “Lest We Forget: Why We Had A Financial Crisis”, everybody wanted to be a part of the game. In order “to keep up with” the bigger banks, “commercial banks jumped in” too. The reality of them being a traditional bank changed when they realized they could be getting more money for themselves. Just like Myrtle, many people lose their grip on the reality that not everyone can have everything that they want for themselves.

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Daisy's decision to enter a relationship with Gatsby made her relationship with Tom awkward and uncomfortable. Daisy's discovery of the truth about Tom ended her blissful ignorance and also caused her disco,fort

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Tom sacrificed all personal honor by having an affair with Myrtyle. He damaged his relationship with his wife and subjected himself to a lot of personal distress with his actions. His unfaithfulness to Daisy also makes him seem very hypocritical when he criticizes Gatsby's relationship with her.

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Daisy traded what was the truth for security. She knew that Gatsby was innocent and went with Tom anyways.  In An Inside Job, the government bailed out the banks because they wanted security in the economy.  They placed security over what was right and punished the taxpayers.  In the article, "Lest we Forgot: We had a Financial Crisis", they recognize that the bakers were bailed out. People will chose security in their life over what is morally right.

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George sacrificed his life. In the Great Gatsby, he was willing to do anything to find out who murdered his wife and who was causing her to have an affair. People in the inside job, were risking their lives doing illegal activities, with the lingering punishment of prison; just to gain money and power. In the companion readings, some of those characters should of went to prison, but most did not. Instead they resulted in having bail out money.

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George sacrificed his sanity. In the great Gatsby, George loses his sanity with grieving with the death of his wife and trying to investigate the murderer. Triggering him wit the illusion of a mad man. In the Inside job, men were so focused on the power that involved the money that the were disillusion to what was right and what was wrong. In the companion readings, those men lost their morals and beliefs for the greediness of power. All of this relates to each other because all of those men lost their “sanity” with their recklessness.

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Tom sacrificed his marriage because of his unhappiness. In The Great Gatsby, Tom needed to keep his societal views positive so he continued to be with Daisy, but had a love affair with Myrtle. On Inside Job, a lot of men would render their marriages with getting Prostitutes undercover, but still try to play the position of a family man. Both of these are relative to Toms character because it proves that society made him stay with an unhappy relationship.

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Tom sacrificed his reputation with trying to keep his dream of a picture perfect lifestyle. In the Great Gatsby, Tom was known as a narcissistic, aggressive character; who  gave off the appearance of a family man with good values and moral standards, but in reality it was all fictitious. The fraud that Tom portrayed is the same as Inside Job. Wall Street initially had a good reputation for the smart investments and clever exchanges; which again proceeded to being less than. A last example of ruining reputation, is Mark Zuckerberg. His power is more important than the money, meaning that his standards are all about gaining power to achieve his dream. All of this relates to Tom because of the fantasy that each of them create for themselves to have their dream.

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Tom Buchanan is a man who repeatedly cheated on his wife. He made a promise to her when they got married that he would always be faithful to her. Contrary to that promise, he was always "God knows where" with his mistress, repeatedly leaving Daisy "utterly abandoned" (Fitzgerald 1). Tom gave up his loyalty to his wife, just like the bankers in "Inside Job" and Mark Zuckerberg gave up their loyalty to their morals and customers in favor of loyalty to their dreams. The bankers in "Inside Job" abandoned their morals the second they figured out what they were doing to the american people was wrong, but didn't do anything about it. Mark Zuckerberg gave up his loyalty to his customers by adding a feature to Facebook that betrayed their privacy and trust in the company. All these people were willing to give up their loyalty in order to rise to the top of the social ladder.

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Tom feels no empathy to Gatsby's death and doesn't feel guilty for his part in getting him killed. " By half−past two he was in West Egg, where he asked someone the way to Gatsby's house. So by that time he knew Gatsby's name." Tom told Wilson Gatsby's name. The bankers in Inside job felt no empathy for people having to foreclose and lose their homes. The inequality between the CEO's who make in a single year what a McDonald's employee makes in 930 years shows that these CEO's don't have empathy to people who are below them in the wage gap. In all these examples, these people have no empathy to those who stand in their way of their dream.

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Throughout the whole book, Tom spends most if not all of his time worrying only about himself. He isn't ever concerned for anyone's needs but his own. He doesn't think about Daisy when he's betraying their marriage and he doesn't even go to myrtle's, a woman he loved, funeral. He is seen as a "careless" man who would "
[retreat] back into [his] money" and "let other people clean up the mess [he] had made”(Fitzgerald 9).
Tom can be compared to the bankers in "Inside job" because they never stopped for a second to think about the repercussions of their actions. They didn't care who got hurt in the process as long as it made their live's better. Just like Mark Zuckerberg in the article "Facebook/Zuckerberg’s Greed, Violating Trust, and the coming Privacy Crisis". Mark knew that this new update to Facebook would make people angry and he didn't care, just like Tom and the bankers didn't either. These people only thought about themselves and were never thoughtful towards others.

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'"Why�−." she said hesitantly, "Tom's got some woman in New York."' Daisy could not admit she never loved Tom meaning she once did, but most likely stopped after learning about his many mistresses. The men in Inside Job probably lost their wives' love as well due to meeting up with prostitutes. Also, these articles say that rich CEO's are very greedy for power. This could result in a loss of love for their spouse and disinterest in anything besides power. In all these situations, people are risking their marriage and love for their dream.

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Allie V.
For most of his adult life, Gatsby had spent his time fighting for wealth,  power, success, and popularity that he believed would win Daisy over. His main objective throughout the majority of the novel was to gain that reciprocation of feelings, so when he had finally reached the moment in time he kissed Daisy, he had essentially lost his sense of self-purpose. There is most . definitely a moment of bliss as   "[Gatsby's] heart beat faster and faster" (Fitzgerald 6), but also, she was the motivation for almost everything he did, and once he finally kissed her, he had lost that sense of larger purpose.  He had created a new "self" whose basic purpose was to earn the love and affection of Daisy. he had not created a life where this love could possibly be sustained. So this beginning initial movement of his dream is far less satisfying than his journey. This is similar to how in Inside Job, many men had also reached their goal. They took big risks and did end up securing large amounts of wealth for themselves, yet somehow, it had been unsatisfying after all was said and done. The journey was more gratifying than the attainment of the wealth they sought after so persistently and carelessly, and once they had succeeded in getting large amounts of income, they were seemingly left unfulfilled and without an objective to pursue. Likewise, the article "

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Myrtle sacrifices her stability by having an affair with Tom. Even though George was poor, he provided a stable lifestyle for Myrtle. George “was his wife's man and not his own” (Fitzgerald 7). This provided Myrtle with security because she knew her husband would do whatever she requested of him. In Inside Job, the businessmen lost their stability with all the corruption and illegal practices they engaged in. In the article titled “Lest We Forget: Why We Had A Financial Crisis,” Congress causes others to lose their stability, specifically their financial stability, due to their immoral practices and poor loan decisions. All three of these individuals lose their stability in order to pursue a dream.

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Myrtle gave up her loyalty to George when she began having an affair with Tom. Myrtle claims that "The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake.” (Fitzgerald 7). The CEOs in Inside Job also sacrificed their loyalty to their customers by allowing them to sign up for mortgages that they knew they wouldn’t be able to pay back. Similarly, in "Facebook Zuckerberg's Greed, Violating Trust, and the coming Privacy Crisis," Facebook gave up their loyalty to their customers when they changed their user agreement to granting them their users’ personal contents. In all three of these examples, individuals gave up their loyalty for personal benefits.

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Isha T.
When Myrtle meets Tom, all she sees is her dream starting to come true. However, she fails to see who Tom really is, a dominant, controlling, careless man. When Myrtle mentions Daisy when her and Tom are arguing, "Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand" (Fitzgerald 2). This shows how no matter how abusive Tom was, Myrtle stayed with him and never cared about herself, as long as she still had Tom to make her rich. In Inside Job, bankers never cared about how they got their money. As lon as the end result was being wealthy, the slowly decreased their human value by doing unethical things. In the article, "Creating the Good Society" it was discussed, how peole today become so concerned with their goals, that they forget about the common good bodies. This is like Myrtle who loses her self-worth while trying to attain wealth.

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Isha T.
The American Dream for Myrtle was being part of the wealthy class. In order to do so she sacrifices her morals by cheating on her husband with Tom, who is the key to her reaching her dream. When Myrtle considers a future with Tom, she completly ignores her husband by planning to go "west to live for a while until it blows over" (Fitzgerald 2). In Inside Job, the wealthy men similarily would use their money for unethical behavior like prostitutes, gambling, etc. These men lost sense of what to do with their money just like Myrtle lost sense of her marriage while attempting to reach her dream. The article "Creating the Good Society," talks about John Locke's concept of individualism which states that there is "unlimited opportunity to compete for material well being." This connects to Myrtle as she forgoes her value just to reach a materialistic life.

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In Inside Job wealthy people on Wall Street with lots of money would commonly hire prostitutes and see other people, even if they were married. Those Wall Street workers jeopardize their marriage just as Myrtle did by seeing Tom while she was married.

When Myrtle spoke to Nick back at Tom's and Myrtle's apartment in New York she admitted that "The only crazy I was was when I married him. " Catherine, Myrtle's sister tells Nick that "When they do get married they're going West to live for a while until it blows over" In this way Myrtle is giving up her marriage to be with Tom and eventually marry and move away. In the article by Santa Clara university called “Creating the Good Society” the writers discuss how Americans believe in individualism and this feeling leads them to want pursue their private satisfactions and and self-fulfillment. This is the type of American Myrtle identifies with. She has a dream of being wealthy and surrounded by beautiful things. By pursuing this idea of individualism she puts her marriage at risk by chasing after another dream; Tom.  This want to pursue her dream cost her her life as she was killed in the crossfire of Daisy and Tom.

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Jordan Baker was known being mysterious and always hiding her true feelings. She ended up shielded her true feelings for nick when she broke up with him for a richer man. She explains to nick that he, “ threw her over the telephone. [ she] doesn’t give a damn about [him] now.”( Fitz168). You see in that statement that she was upset and she hasn’t ever had these feelings before but still jeopardized them for another man. Inside job shows us that man business men are the same in the way that they don’t share correct information about money and are overall mysterious and sneaky about their investments. Zuckerberg cared about his friends involved  with his company but ultimately was going to cut them out of deals for the bettering of his company. Jordan, the business men from Inside Job, and zuckerberg all hid their feelings or true thoughts in order to reach their dream. Their dream cost them their sincerity

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One thing Nick kind of forgets his job oftentimes. He should be working, but because he wants to help Gatsby and often get distracted by other stuff, he loses his own track of time. Nick “called Gatsby's house a few minutes later, but the line was busy”. He then says that it is “taking out my time” (Fitzgerald 86). He gets so busy with Gatsby that he is willing to take time from his work to call Gatsby. In Inside Job, people also would forget about spending time with their family and/or friends because they want to make business and make money. This also is the same in “The Most Successful Founders are Greedy”. They don’t think about others and uses time trying to make more money with the business.

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Nick is in a dilemma not knowing which side to choose. Tom, his good old friend, or Gatsby, his new friend? His dream of helping Gatsby be forever with Daisy is a difficult choice when it comes to losing a friend. Knwoingt hat what Gatsby did was “great” we could see that “only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction—Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn” (Fitzgerald 1). He truly sees Gatsby as a great man, and he would try to help him evem if it meant to lose Tom. Although, in the end he loses both. In Inside Job, they also decided to give up a lot things. One of them being trust. They wanted to get more money, they would usually throw people off the bus to get what they want. In the article about Facebook, we see a man losing the trust of others to get more money and do a lot more business. This is be exactly parralel to what happens in Inside Job. One clear difference between Nick and the Inside Job/Facebook is that Nick does lose a friend to help another person out while the others lost friends to help themselves.

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Jordan Baker was a pro golfer that did not let anything get in her way of winning. She was, “ a golf champion, and everyone knew her name” (Fitz 3). Her urge to be the best and way of reaching her dream led her to cheat during a game. The cost of Jordan achieving her dream was that she had to give up her morals and cheat at a game that was her life. In “ Inside Job”, people on wall street were known to be cheaters of the system. Lying and cheating was all part of the big dream. In order to be successful it seemed that cheating was the only way. In the news article “ The most successful Founders are Greedy” , they explain how power is the only thing on business men’s minds. In order to attain that power they need to lie or cheat to reach the top. Just like Jordan cheating in order to reach her dream, but it ended up costing her career.

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Daisy sacrificed her morals by cheating on Tom with Gatsby and by not admitting to being the driver of the car that killed Myrtle. Nick asks Gatsby, "Was Daisy driving?" and Gatsby responds, "Yes" (Fitzgerald 7). She was the cause of Gatsby's death, and she didn’t seem to care. Daisy didn’t even show up to his funeral. In Inside Job, the businessmen compromised their morals when they were selling people mortgages that they knew were going to fail in order to gain more wealth. In the article, “Economic Inequality: When is Enough Enough,” the author discusses the unequal wage gap, depicting the rich as guilty and immoral for keeping all their excess money for themselves rather than sharing it with others in need. In all three of these examples, individuals sacrificed their person morals in order to attain their dream.

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At a very young age Gatsby had wanted a different life, and knew he needed to change every part of himself in order to accomplish his dream.

Gatsby had, “ changed [his name] at age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career”. In “ Inside Job” many other business men have lost sight of who they were or changed their character in order to gain wealth and power. CEOs of banking companies such as Bank of America involved with the financial crisis weren’t born with the drive to be greedy. They became greedy when their urge for power caused their character to diminish.

In the news article, “ Facebook/Zuckerbergs greed, violating trust, and coming of privacy crisis” explains the unmoral actions Facebook has done. The privacy of people on Facebook was jeopardized, and you see how social media is not really private and there are people pretending to be something they are not. Just how Gatsby and many business men do, they change their character or way people see them in order to gain success or reach their dream.

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Daisy gave up her true love/soulmate because she was impatient and desired a practical lifestyle. Even though she didn't love Tom as much as Gatsby, she still married him because it was the practical thing to do. Daisy “wanted her life shaped now, immediately – and the decision must be made by some force – of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality – that was close at hand “ (Fitzgerald 8). In Inside Job, the businessmen sacrificed the well being of others, such as the loss of innocent peoples’ homes, in order to insure their own wealth. Daisy also relates to the businessmen in "Facebook Zuckerberg's Greed, Violating Trust, and the coming Privacy Crisis" because these individuals were so greedy that they were taking advantage of their own customers' privacy. In all three of these examples, individuals had taken advantage of other people for their own personal benefit.

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Daisy is always looking towards the future, never stopping to enjoy the present moment she is living in. She plans everything in advance, always wondering what "[she] will do with [herself] this afternoon,"" and the day after that, and the next thirty years" (Fitzgerald 7). Daisy's attitude towards the future can be compared to that of the bankers from the documentary "Inside Job". These bankers were always planning their next move, scheming about how they can earn more money in the future. They never stopped to appreciate all they had earned or look at the crisis that was happening around them, they just kept going and going. Daisy's way of life is also very similar to the author of the article "Economic Inequality: When Is Enough Enough?". This author looks toward the future and focuses on bettering it. He suggests that the ways of society today are unacceptable and suggests a plan going forward. Just like daisy was always planning her next move, so were the bankers of "Inside Job" and the article author Warren J Blumenfeld.

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Gatsbys desire for his riches and credibility was the cost for pursuing his dream which was daisy. “ Gatsby believed in the green light”( 9) which symbolized daisy. He used the American dream to gain her. Gatsby beliefs in self improvement and power was his way of winning back daisy.

As seen on “ Inside Job”, Men on Wall Street work all day every day, and their lives revolve  around pursuing their dream. Their desires and lust for things other than their ultimate end goal that they struggle with along the way are what will be a detriment to their success. It explains the heavy drug and prostitution use in wall street which was one of the things the young men trying to make it big had to do in order to show they could handle anything. In the news article, “The most successful Founders are Greedy”, Paul Graham explains that business men are pushed for the need for power rather than the want for money. Just like Gatsby was pushed to reach his dream by daisy and wanting a power over her. Every business men has that green light they see while working towards their dream, but also face desires that will stray them from pursuing their dream.

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Nick praises himself as being an honest person after he meets up with Jordan, who also claims that Nick is the opposite of careless and that he is kind. To Nick, he is “one of the few honest people that [he] has ever known”, and this is reasonable considering the types of people that were involved in the bond business and in New York (Fitzgerald 3). However, Nick’s true honest character is questioned as the novel proceeds. Jordan later accuses Nick of being dishonest with her, and they get into a heated argument. Their relationship is pretty much ended at that point, and Nick starts to question himself. The negative influences that came from the people in New York, like Meyer Wolfsheim, whose true self seems to be very concealed underneath a false outward appearance. The same is true of Gatsby, who has many secrets that are not all revealed to Nick. Nick starts to become more and more like these characters, concealed and pressured underneath his secretive and greedy neighbors.

The Inside Job documentary features many individuals and businesses who used dishonesty in an attempt to make more money. One example shown in the video was a women who got ripped off by an investor who was working for someone who was illegally obtaining money (defraud). She initially bought her house for an expensive (but fairly reasonable) price. However, she was then told that she had to pay more and more for her house in order to maintain in. She and her husband were already working long hours as it was, and she could not afford the new and unexpected additional payments. This is another example of using trickery and dishonesty to negatively impact others, while supposedly gaining a profit for oneself.

The “First they Jailed the Bankers” article states that the U.S. actually rewards individuals who use fraud and market manipulation techniques. The U.S. rewards these individuals by bailing them out. This process encourages dishonest techniques as a means of making profit.

Just as Nick began to lose his honesty by becoming more and more influenced by the greed and wealth that was found around him, businesses and individuals featured in Inside Job lost their honesty as they were influenced by the potential for wealth and great prosperity. Using techniques involving both fraud and market manipulation, these businesses were able to use very dishonest and wrong practices. While most of these big businesses suffered in the end, when they were shut-down out of debt from the various economic crises, there were some businesses that were simply bailed out.

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Nick came from his hometown to New York, where he came to work in the bond business. Growing up, it is explained that Nick’s father taught him to never judge others, because they may not be as fortunate as Nick himself is. At the beginning of the novel, Nick describes how he wants “the world to be in a uniform and sort of moral attention forever”, and it then seen how much Nick does care about moral and doing what is right (Fitzgerald 1). However, as Nick continues staying in New York, his personality starts to change based on the actions of the wealthy and greedy neighbors he is surrounded by. Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, and Jordan have the greatest influences on him, illustrating to him their greedy and un-moral characters. Nick sees Jordan as a very deceptive person who lies in order to gain her success. Toward the end of the novel, Nick no longer wants to be around these people who have negatively impacted his life, culminating in the death of his new friend, Gatsby.

In Inside Job, the people who worked for large businesses on Wall Street acted in ways that were both sad and disappointing. They were constantly attempting to prove or demonstrate their wealth in whatever way was possible. Kristin Davis described the prostitution area that she ran, which was very close to Wall Street. This prostitution area was spending corporate money, and this was completely allowed and supported. In fact, there were strip clubs and drugs that were used by business people working in the investment banks there. By supporting these un-moral and wrong things, the business people hoped to shallowly spread the popularity of their banks and businesses.

The “Facebook/Zuckerberg’s Greed, violating trust, and coming of privacy crisis” article describes the un-moral actions that Facebook has recently taken. There was a privacy crisis that occured, where the privacy of individuals using Facebook was jeopardized. Eventually Facebook fixed the issue, but this occurrence demonstrates the extent at which social media and other online services will take in order to keep their profitable services in continuance. Without the continued posting on social media by individuals around the world, Facebook would be nowhere.

All three of these examples demonstrate the extent at which people will go in order to achieve what they want. Wall street business workers and the actions of Facebook represent greed. Both Wall street businesses owners and the owners of Facebook performed embarrassing actions in order to attempt to make themselves or their companies look better. The negative impact that these greedy actions can have on society are shown by Nick’s response, who was negatively impacted and hurt by the shallow personalities of Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Jordan, and others.

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In an effort to constantly impress Daisy, Gatsby bought a large and expensive mansion. On a regular basis, Gatsby would be the ‘host’ to several strangers, who decided to come to his house to party. While all of these people that came to his house were happy to party and use Gatsby’s nice house, Gatsby himself was not happy. Rather, he was lonely. At the end of the day, when these people left his home, he was left by himself in his large, towering mansion. When Nick first saw Gatsby, he “could have sworn that he was trembling”, stretching “out his arms toward the dark in a curious way” (Fitzgerald 1). Gatsby was not happy himself, as much as he tried to make himself appear that way. He was constantly reaching for something he couldn’t have.

In Inside Job, Richard Fuld was described. As the chief executive officer of the Lehman Brothers, he was very wealthy. However, as described in the documentary, his wealth made him very secluded from everyone else. Although he was very wealthy with the profits he made with the Lehman Brothers, he most likely was not happy on the inside.

In the “Creating the Good Society” article, individualism and the Lockean political culture was described. In this ideology, there is a supposed sense of freedom from others and independence. However, with independence, as seen with individuals like Gatsby and Fuld, comes a strong responsibility and sometimes an overall loss of happiness.

As seen in all three of these examples, the cost of pursuing a dream was much greater than imagined. Gatsby and Richard Fuld both became very isolated and secluded people, maintaining great wealth but not feeling the general sense of happiness that comes from a gathered community. Similarly, while the Lockean political culture ideal does promote independence, it does not necessarily guarantee happiness.

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At the end of “The Great Gatsby” Nick’s relationship with the other characters rapidly deteriorate after Myrtle is killed. Nick specifically has a falling out with Jordan Baker. After answering a phone-call from Jordan at work, Nick claims “We talked like that for a while, and then abruptly we weren't talking any longer. I don't know which of us hung up with a sharp click, but I know I didn't care. I couldn't have talked to her across a tea−table that day if I never talked to her again in this world.” (Fitzgerald 8). The bankers of “Inside Job” also may of sacrificed their relationships for their dreams. According to the documentary, many of them used prostitution as a way to fit in and move up the company ladder. The bankers of Iceland also sacrificed their relationship with the people of Iceland. Pursuing their dream cost the bankers the trust of the people and of the government, who nationalized the banks and jailed the bankers,

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Nick decides that to accomplish his dream he would become a bond trader in New York City. He reveals that “Everybody I knew was in the bond business, so I supposed it could support one more single man... Father agreed to finance me for a year, and after various delays I came East, permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty−two.” (Fitzgerald 1)
In “Inside Job” It was discovered that many Wall Street bankers also sacrificed their families by frequently purchasing prostitutes. Marie Antoinette also sacrificed her family while pursuing her dream. Her young son was taken away from her and her husband, the king, was executed.

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Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy cost him his integrity. In order to gain the wealth that he thought would win Daisy over, Gatsby resorts to illegal practices such as bootlegging. In “Inside Job” many of the credit rating companies also gave up their integrity by giving false AAA ratings on unreliable assets. Rockefeller also sacrificed his integrity with his ruthless business practices to take control of the oil market. Gatsby’s integrity is called into question by Tom Buchanan when he tells the group about his investigation into Gatby’s history, stating that "He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side−street drug−stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That's one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn't far wrong." (Fitzgerald, 7)

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When Daisy decided to pursue her dream of becoming even more rich by marrying Tom, she gave up her love with Gatsby and settled for a life with Tom. She knew Tom was always "God knows where" with another woman repeatedly leaving her "with an utterly abandoned feeling" (Fitzgerald 1). While she loved Tom, she felt he didn't love her and she loved Gatsby more. Daisy is like the investment bankers in "Inside Job" because they both were dissatisfied, Daisy with her marriage, and the bankers with their income. The bankers always wanted more and more money and were never satisfied with what they had. She also compares with the greedy business men from the article "

Facebook/Zuckerberg's Greed, Violating Trust, and the coming Privacy Crisis" because they were all chasing their dreams of money when they made their sacrifices.

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Gatsby gives up his relationship with any other because he wants to only have Daisy. As he dies, no one comes to Gatsby’s funeral because he didn’t want anyone to get in the way of Daisy. Nick as a special exception in order to meet Daisy. Nick tries to get people to come to the funeral, “but it wasn’t any use. Nobody came” (Fitzgerald 96). In Inside Job, we see the same thing where people don’t come accept the meetings because they don’t want to talk about it knowing that something bad was bound to happen. They felt guilt, but didn’t want to acquaint with the interviewers. They were willing to risk other families to get what they wanted which was money. Relationships would then be broken and they wouldn’t care. The corruptness  in “Facebook/Zuckrrberg’s greed” also violates trust between one another to get what he wants because he is greedy. This type of action leads to relationships to break.

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Isha T.
In The Great Gatsby, Daisy sacrificed her true happiness that she would've had in a life with Gatsby to pursue her dream of being reputable and wealthy. She wanted instant satisfaction and she knew with Gatsby she wouldn't have that, so she married Tom while she still loved Gatsby. Daisy made life choices "of unquestionable practicality — that was close at hand" (Fitzgerald 8). Even while married to Tom, she wasn't happy as she suffered the way he treated her by cheating. In Inside Job, bankers were always worried about money just like Daisy. They never let anything stop them from getting that money and therefore were never satisfied and fully happy. Even if reaching their goal meant dealing with hardships like Daisy did with Tom, they sacrificed their happiness to become wealthy. In the article "Creating the Good Society," it was mentioned that John Locke created an idea of individualism and lately that individualism has only been seen through a 'market mentality' rather than through family. This is what Daisy sees as the American dream. She loses focus of her true happiness and concentrates only on her economic gain.

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Gatsby sacrificed his entire life and all of his time toward pursuing Daisy, someone who didn’t truly love him for who he was as a person. When Gatsby realized that he couldn’t really have Daisy, the girl who married Tom for his wealth and availability and the girl that lived differently from him, he found that his who life was spent “watching over nothing” (Fitzgerald 7). He constantly tried to pursue the hope that came from the green light in front of Daisy’s house with no return. He even lived a lonely life in his grand house, hosting parties filled with people that he didn’t know, so that he could try to impress Daisy.

In Inside Job, people who worked for AIG for a good portion of their lives were devastated when AIG didn’t have enough money to pay credit holders. AIG was then taken over by the government and layoffs and unemployment quickly ensued.Those that were affected the most were those who had been investing so much of their lives and time in the company.

The article “Lest we forget: Why we had a financial crisis” is another example of people contributing so much time to something that ultimately failed. Sir Andrew Large attempted to warn the public about heavy borrowing, but no one would listen. After spending all of their efforts borrowing and participating in the finance sector, these people found that the majority of their borrowings were lost.

All three of these examples contribute to the idea of devoting too much time of one’s life toward something that ultimately failed. Gatsby, like the workers for AIG and the borrowers, constantly pursued wealth or happiness but ended with less than they began with. Gatsby was left with his own loneliness and death, and the AIG workers/borrowers were left with devastation and poorness.

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Daisy gives up the trust of her husband in order to pursue her dream of being loved by a rich man.  " She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little, and he looked at Gatsby, and then back at Daisy"(Fitzgerald 7). In the Inside Job, the men give up their wives' trust to go be with prostitutes. Zuckerberg violated trust to make a $500 billion dollar comapny. These all connect because these people were all willing to lose others trust to reach their dream.

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Gatsby’s dream of winning Daisy over was his most demanding goal. He has given up a sense of himself so that “his mind wouldn’t romp again like the mind of God”. In “Inside Job”, one critical thing that many of those who were rich had was the dream of doing whatever it takes to get money. As we see the people making a fool out of themselves, we can see that they are willing to give up their own pride and economy to get what they want. They basically lost themselves. However, when they are interviewed, their reputation is destroyed so in order to counteract that, they either reject the interview or ask to turn off the camera. Looking at “The Most Founders are Greedy”, we see that same thing where successful people would to such limits to get what they want. The immoral actions that people reveal show how they are willing to lose themselves to get the money.

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Gatsby sacrificed his wealth to achieve his dream of getting Daisy by using much of it to finance lavish parties in hoping that she would come and even building his mansion across the bay from Daisy’s house so that he could be closer. In one of the companion readings, the Icelandic bankers responsible for the economic crisis also had to sacrifice their wealth as punishment for their dream of becoming extremely wealthy. In “Inside Job” one of the bankers sacrificed his wealth to join the U.S. government, but in the process was able to obtain much more.
In the book, Jordan Baker claims that “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay... I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night... but she never did” (Fitzgerald, 4)

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When Daisy speaks to Gatsby of her daughter, she says she believes that the “best thing a girl can be” is a “beautiful little fool”(Fitzgerald 1). She gives up her ability to use her own intellect and becomes ignorant to be loved by a rich man. The people in Inside Job acted as though they did not recognize that things were wrong and erroneous loans were given out. In the companion reading from Forbes, Mayor Bloomberg blames congress for the 2008 crisis while being ignorant of the fact that it was the private banking sector's fault. All these connect because these people try to achieve their dreams by appearing ignorant and unknowing of the bad things going on around them.

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Daisy sacrificed her relatively secure situation with Tom in order to pursue her dream of being with Gatsby. The AIG company took massive risks by selling "insurance" that it could not afford to pay. Both gambled with everything they had and lost

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Gatsby: "'Daisy's change her mine!'...She began to cry...She wouldn't let go of the letter." (Fitzgerald 4).
Daisy loved Gatsby even before she met Tom, but marrying Tom meant instant wealth, popularity, and her dream. She sacrificed her true love and happiness in order to become rich.
Inside Job: The workers who worked on Wall Street gave up everything to get where they were. They also gave up doing anything else in order to achieve their dream of becoming wealthy, just like Daisy.
Article: Creating the Good Society
The article states that private governments of great corporations made decisions based on their own advantage. This was like Daisy who just wanted money for herself.

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In Inside Job wealthy people on Wall Street with lots of money would commonly hire prostitutes and see other people, even if they were married. Those Wall Street workers jeopardize their marriage just as Myrtle did by seeing Tom while she was married.
When Myrtle spoke to Nick back at Tom's and Myrtle's apartment in New York she admitted that "The only crazy I was was when I married him. " Cathrine, Myrtle's sister tells Nick that "When they do get married they're going West to live for a while until it blows over"