The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby
Question 1: No
I would never marry for money, as it is very superficial. In the great Gatsby, Daisy is seen to marry Tom for the fact that he was wealthy. According to the novel, she is seen to be unhappy by all standards despite the fact that she has all she could ever want. Love is not about how much money one has to share, as it is a mutual feeling. For any one feel the joy of love, they would have to fall in love with a partner that loves them back. In the case of Tom and Daisy, Tom does not love Daisy and the latter is in the relationship for the money. This is a wealthy family that can afford to throw parties for all their friends in the high places but cannot enjoy an intimate moment. Marriage as an institution can only be based on love as it is insatiable regardless of the social or financial status. This means that if one loves for money, if at any one time the money runs down in the relationship, whichmarriage institution will collapse.
Question 3: No
A college degree can never make any one more socially acceptable that the rest of the people in the society. In most cases there are social statuses that seem to stereotype most of the people into believing that having higher education makes one more important. This is clearly illustrated in the novel the great Gatsby, when Gatsby is seen to fake the fact that he never at any one time attended his higher education at Oxford. Ideally, given the society that is depicted in the novel is parallel t...