Quote to Ernest Hemingway

“Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.”
–Letter, Aug. 1936, to Ernest Hemingway

"The Great Gatsby" is a book that portrays the views of society such as class and social standings. Money determined your worth as a human being and the way you were viewed in society. The narrator Nick was an individual that tried at aquire money, Tom was an individual that had money he didn't have to work for, and Gatsby had money through endeavors of his own. But what made Gatsby so "great" aside from his riches was his charcter. He left an impression that people often talked about, they took time out of their day to sit and ponder o about who Gatsby was. The amount of money he had only contributed to the mystery of who Gatsby the man was. Tom had wealth, money that was passed through family and not many people seem interested to know who the man Tom was. Gatsby had an aura about him that attracted people, made them ponder, want to get to kmow him, know him for HIM and not his money and without charm and elegance the riches that Gatsby had would all be in vain.