Can Gatsby Force His Way In?

           In the 1920’s wealth was the American dream, and that was what Gatsby wanted, but the foul dust that trailed in the wake of those dreams did not make wealth simply good during this time. Wealth was often accompanied by casual destruction and cynical violence, in which Gatsby did not let fall upon himself. Through obtaining the amount of money that he did, he could force his way into the flashy, bright and extravagant party scenes in West Egg. He most certainly could force his way into the new money class, but not into the class of old money. As I mentioned in my previous blog the class gap between West Egg and East Egg was larger than Gatsby could have imagined. Even though he was now rich, he could still not rise up to the social status of the ‘old money’ wealth. It can be argued that Gatsby could never rise up to Daisy’s standards of wealth with his ‘new money.’ 
           These ideas of ‘old money’ and ‘new money’ are not as important in society as they used to be. “New money” can now be considered to be a larger accomplishment, as society now praises the people who have risen from nothing. Jay Gatsby could never truly rise up to ‘old money’ standards as he was an honorable, good-hearted man who could never understand the ‘old money’s’ selfish ways.