F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby follows Nick Carraway as he moves east to New York and becomes trapped in a deadly cycle of greed and jealousy. Nick is drawn into a love triangle between his distant cousin Daisy Buchanan, her husband Tom, and the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby, who lives next door. As Nick and his neighbor develop a strange camaraderie, information about Gatsby's past begins to emerge that shows his deep infatuation with money, appearances and his first love, Daisy. When tragedy occurs involving Tom's lover, Myrtle Wilson, the novel delves into the connections between dreams, hope, power, and status, all of which ultimately lead to Nick's unhappiness. In this book, Fitzgerald reflects on some themes, namely the effect that wealth has on his characters, as well as how their lives were destined to fail due to expectations and entitlements. Every problem, limitation, and fear these characters have revolves around one thing: money. Fitzgerald strongly supports the theme of “wealth is power and power corrupts” in his novel The Great Gatsby. In this book, the author accentuates the parallel between money and manners. When the characters are considered on a spectrum, a clear pattern emerges: Tom and Daisy come from old money and have a lot of it, Gatsby comes from new money and have a lot of it, Nick and Jordan come from moderate to wealthy means, and everyone else they are very poor, including the Wilsons. The mannerisms and personalities of the characters have a direct relationship to this spectrum. When Nick talks to Daisy for the first time in the novel, he describes how she acted as if she belonged "to a rather distinguished secret society" and that she was not being truthful (Fitzgerald 17). Tom... at the center of the card... whether it be work, crime or inheritance, has dragged all these characters from the simplicity of Western life to their downfall.F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby brings to light some aspects of humanity that most are unwilling to admit - greed, jealousy, envy, obsession - and shows how they can lead to tragedy. Between Daisy, Tom and Gatsby, money is the only true love. This book shows how human character is flawed and corrupted by power and status; shows how those affected by the disease can start deadly chain reactions. Although this novel explores themes related to the West, the East, and the American Dream, both concepts lead back to the main theme, which is that money means power and power corrupts. As Myrtle Wilson's sister says: “My dear... most of these guys will cheat on you every time. They only think about money” (Fitzgerald 31).