The Great Gatsby Virtue Analysis

This is Daisy admitting that she loves Tom and it is this point that the dyad between Gatsby and Daisy begins to deteriorate. However, the deterioration really begins when Daisy is reminded of Gatsby’s identity of bootlegging and not coming from money. During the relationship, there is one affinity seeking strategy that is evident. The credibility strategy is seen in this dyad.

one mans father even recalls his father running an “establishment” for Mr.Birger. What went on at said establishment is anybody’s guess. Although bootleggers did not refrain from often robbing the government of their so-called “medicinal liquor”, they did refrain from “attacking ordinary citizens, and law enforcement officers were strictly off limits” (Gingold) When gangs were not stealing the liquor they were making it , although gangs had always controlled gambling and prostitution, but: “the 1920s was the birth of organized crime. From Boston to Kansas City, powerful gangs carved up all the major cities. Added together, they controlled an enormous empire of breweries, distilleries, warehouses, fleets of trucks and fast boats, and tens of thousands of speakeasies.”

During the the Mafia including Torrio and Capone got stupid rich. Once Torrio had crazy money he eventually retired from the mafia in 1925 giving Prostitution, gambling, bootlegging and other illegal activities to the one and only Al Capone aka (scarface). This was the start of organized crime in the

When Gatsby went off to war Daisy waited for him for a while then settled and got married to Tom; old money. She would have never wanted Gatsby if she new the truth, that he was poor. Gatsby wanted to cover up the fact that he is new money by overdoing it with his parties and money. Everything he does is so he can get Daisy, but unfortunately it fails. Despite all of his efforts to win Daisy back he is unsuccessful due to the fact that he is new money.

Subsequently, the nation realized prohibition was not working and things began downfall. America began to change its mind, repealing the amendment because prohibition was unenforceable, nobody wants it, and legalizing alcohol would benefit our economy. Prohibition was nearly impossible to enforce, and people usually got away with breaking the law. “Smuggling from Mexico and Canada has been successful on a large scale because it is utterly impossible to patrol the thousands of miles of border..”(Haskin 1923)

Before prohibition everyone was scared to get caught doing something illegal. “After prohibition, some individuals inspired others to do illegal activities so nobody really cared about the law.” (6) Prohibition encouraged people to see the law as unimportant and unable to control them. When the law realized they had no influence on people some turned to aiding the criminals. “Many law enforcers in the Bureau of Prohibition and at the state and local level, were corrupt and took briberies.

Although his early grasp for wealth was honest work, his second chance is the opposite. “He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter” (p 133). During the time that The Great Gatsby was written, there was a prohibition on alcohol. A way that some would make a large sum of money was by bootlegging, which is the making and selling of illegal items, particularly alcohol. This is where some of Gatsby’s wealth comes from, but much of his money comes from the stolen bonds that he sells.

Gatsby made most of his fortune from illegal activities. “I found out what your ‘drug-stores’ were.” He turned to us and spoke rapidly. “He [Gatsby] and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts.

In The Great Gatsby there are two kinds of wealth, old money and new money. Those with new money often times “earned it” illegally by bootlegging alcohol to towns and cities throughout the United States. The wealthy with old money inherited it from past generations of oil salesmen, factory owners, or inventors. Whether they inherited the money or got hold of it illegally they 're all the same. They waste it

Gatsby was born into a very poor family but worked his way up to success to gain a higher social status in the society. One may argue that because of his success, wealth and his estate, he has achieved the American Dream, but not all of his wealth was obtained by honest means. Gatsby was involved in bootlegging and other illegal activities as proven by "I found out what your ‘drug stores ' were. He turned to us and spoke rapidly. He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter.

During his indictment a lot more truth arise and more truth was told as to where money over the years actually went. This particular pharmaceutical business fraud may not be as big as the Bernie Madoff story and never reached Wall Street but, this case drew a lot of attention because of the defiant price gouging and his back and forth with wanting to help others including immigrants and then turning behind their backs and mocking them. This pharmaceutical business fraud caused more damage being that Shkreli stated he would lower the prices to accommodate others, then later reneged. Hillary Clinton who has tried numerous of times to have him cut costs and lower prices for those that needed medication, he tweeted her with a LOL. This tweet was then commented with a statement that "he should of raised the prices higher, because his investors need to maximize their profits".

In the year 1726, Benjamin Franklin set up his highest goal on the attainment of moral perfection. His perspective is portrayed in his quote. ” Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” Franklin spent less time in leisure, as he found it unproductive.

He later moved to Baltimore and got a job as a bookkeeper but moved back to Chicago after the death of his father to join forces with Torrio (“Al Capone The Mob Museum”). Business for Torrio was booming during the prohibition. Capone helped Torrio with the finances and with his street smarts. One of the biggest areas Capone worked in was Bootlegging. During the prohibition the sale, production, and distribution of alcohol was illegal but they had secret underground bars called speakeasies.

My group discussed that prohibition overall, hurt the economy. Yes, the government wanted to ensure the safety of their citizens, but the shutdown of the fifth largest industry in the United States weakened the economy and created a larger flow of organized crime in towns and cities. Prohibition was a split argument. Women often argued for the Prohibitin that men would get done from work and spend their income at the bar instead of their family, Others argued that the economy would take a large downfall, and it did.

The eighteenth amendment was not imposed until 1920, but with early American’s infamy in heavy drinking, numerous groups had been trying to ban alcohol for decades. Since the 1800s, groups concerned about alcohol consumption began to form, including the Prohibition Party. The activists sponsored the campaign of many presidential candidates who opposed alcohol (Gale). Although men were included in prohibition activities, women, primarily represented the movement. After endless suffering women faced because of intoxicated males, they were hoping to remove that extra burden from society.