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Gatsby believed that he could change anything with his wealth. Success for him was obtaining a high status in society. His goal was to win the woman he loved from her family. He always saw things in a very superficial way. Gatsby was very selfish and nothing w ....

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.... father two years before he died. However, he never went as a son but as a generous rich man. Mr. Gatz said, “He come out to see me two years ago and bought me the house I live in now.”(Fitzgerald. p174) Gatsby could only express himself in terms of money or rather his wealth represented him as a man of high status. He had no respect for himself because he went around telling people lies about himself and his family and the way he based his life he would be a nobody without his money. Gatsby failed to understand that a materialistic woman like Daisy would never truly love him. Gatsby had to leave Daisy when he went to war. (Fitzgerald. p66). ....