Today's society believes that money can buy happiness. Jordan, a character of The Great Gastby, e

Modern society and The Great Gastby share a number of moral and idealist views, while Franklin presents those that are morally sound, yet are not prevalent in today's society. Franklin has a number of virtues displayed by his almanacks that people today simply do not have. The tragic and immoral views of the characters in The Great Gastby more closely represent the views of people today.

Many wealthy people assume that it is their right to have others listen to and follow their own wishes, or thoughts. The character, Tom Buchanan is the model superficial rich person. Who attempts to force his poorly thought-out, stolen theories to all those around him. This is shown in the indication of his tone when he states " 'Civilization's is going to pieces,' broke out Tom violently" (13). Tom's use of non-formal English, such as "I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things" (13) cause him to stand

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