There is one thing in this world that can really tear people apart, make them comment on crimes and make them completely change their outlook on life and that is money. The almighty dollar is what they call it and it does a lot of good in this world, but it can also cause a lot of pain and harm. Everything we do in our lives revolves around money, what we do and what we don't do. The real question though is this: Does money really separate people radically in their daily lives and, if so, what role does money play in our lives? In the book The Great Gatsby it really shows how classes are separated and how people who have money think and act. Some people might say that people who have a lot of money aren't stressed and don't have to worry about anything, but that's really the case. This may not be the same as people who don't have money, but worry about things in their lives. In some cases, poor people and people with money want and need the same things. For example, the two women in The Great Gatsby, Daisy and Myrtle, come from two very different worlds. Daisy has had money all her life and married a very wealthy man, Tom Buchanan. So she lived a life of luxury her entire life and never really had to worry about much growing up. Myrtle, on the other hand, was born into a poor family and we don't learn much about her life but we do know that she is married to George Wilson, a man who owns a garage in the Valley of Ashes. Where she lives describes in some way how her life goes; it's very dirty and dark. Myrtle is having a long term affair with Tom and cheating is by no means a good thing, but it is a way for her to escape the life she hates so terribly. In The Great...... middle of paper ......yle, but for different reasons. Tom is there because he always was and that's exactly the way he was raised and Gatsby, who came from a very poor home, worked very hard his whole life to get all this money in order to to have the women he loved. This book The Great Gatsby does a very good job of showing how the poor and the rich mix and don't mix. When people look closely at material things, sure, the rich have more, but when we look at the situation more closely, then maybe they are more alike than we think. Daisy and Myrtle both want a break or get away from the current life they are living and Gatsby and Tom both want Daisy but for different reasons. Money separates people in some ways but in another way it doesn't and maybe money doesn't change you because Gatsby thought that if he had money, Daisy would love it, but it wouldn't change anything between them..