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Essay / Wealth in The Great Gatsby - 953
English plan.Subject: Ideas of wealth:• The world today is still obsessed with wealth as much as in The Great Gatsby• Everyone wants to be rich• The people think that money buys happinessStructure:1. What is wealth2. Wealth in today's society3. Wealth within The Great Gatsby4. Connect the Great Gatsby to modern society5. Conclude related ideas between The Great Gatsby and modern society and talk about how things have changed over time6. ConcludeWealth, one of the main goals of millions of people around the world, but what is wealth? Wealth is the idea of owning an abundance of valuable possessions or money and using it for personal pleasure rather than to help other people. The notion of wealth can be very negative. But I believe that this idea of wealth cannot only be about physical possessions; it can be the idea of being spiritually rich, mentally rich, physically rich as well as many others. All of these philosophies of wealth have been around for thousands of years and are still extremely relevant today. In modern society, monetary wealth is the primary source of control and power; Today, most people view the rich as "more important" or "more powerful" simply because they have more money than they do. This gives rich people the upper hand without anyone opposing them, allowing them to do whatever they want. This is the case in many countries around the world. In some countries this varies slightly depending on whether governments listen to the people, but taking more influence from these wealthy people, it is very rare that these people are treated equally to middle and lower class families . A study carried out by Drs Keltner and Piff at the University...... middle of article ......h in your own words and some quotes. Keep working on this Hayden.References1. Abc.net.au,. (1983). Greed is not good › Dr. Karl's big science moments (ABC Science). Accessed May 15, 2014 from http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/10/01/3859819.htm2. Shmoop,. (2014). The theme of wealth, the great Gatsby. Retrieved May 19, 2014 from http://www.shmoop.com/great-gatsby/wealth-theme.html3. Sparknotes.com,. (2014). SparkNotes: The Great Gatsby: themes, motifs and symbols. Retrieved May 19, 2014 from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/themes.html4. IMDb,. (1990). The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) – Plot summary. Accessed May 19, 2014, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ql_65. Shmoop,. (2014). The Great Gatsby Wealth Quotes Page 2. Retrieved May 19, 2014 from http://www.shmoop.com/great-gatsby/wealth-quotes-2.html6.