Immoral Materialism

Immoral Materialism The desire to be rich is part of every American’s dream, but does one change when one becomes rich? Can one be happy and wealthy? Just as the characters in the novel The Great Gatsby, written by Scott Fitzgerald, people believe that money will buy them a happy life. In the almanacks of Poor Richard, quite a different approach at happiness is presented. Poor Richard writes about money as just a supplement …showed first 75 words of 615 total…

…showed last 75 words of 615 total…can be based solely on wealth or class. Modern society and The Great Gastby share a number of moral and idealist views, while Franklin presents those that are morally sound, yet are not prevalent in today’s society. Franklin has a number of virtues displayed by his almanacks that people today simply do not have. The tragic and immoral views of the characters in The Great Gastby more closely represent the views of people today.