"She vanished into her rich house, into her rich, full life, leaving Gatsby- nothing." page 149
I think a big theme in this book is societal issues. Social status is very important to many characters. I think the character's actions shows how much society affects people's decisions. Daisy loved Gatsby but he was poor. She felt pressure from society and even her own family to marry someone who was at the same social status as her and could provide for her financially. Daisy didn't even want to marry Tom, she didn't love him but because society told her to, she did. She would rather be miserable and rich than poor and happy. All of these people that attended Gatsby's parties didn't care about Gatsby at all or even the other people at the parties, they just wanted to be cool and fit in with the "popular" people. This showed that they didn't really have minds of their own. They constantly looked at other "influential" people to decide what their next move should be. No one stood up and tried to stop it. Everyone, even Nick, just let it happen. People hid behind their secrets and lies because they were afraid if people knew who they really were, they wouldn't be accepted. That was something that no one's "social status" could afford.
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