Money, power and class played a huge role in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Throughout the book Fitzgerald develops his characters based on their settings and the purpose of each role involves money and wealth status. Each character also has their own power over each other due to their money and social rank. For example, Daisy Buchannan, known for being careless and free, has a lot of power over the other characters. Daisy's power over Gatsby is demonstrated through their romantic relationship. Although Gatsby is known as powerful, in Daisy's eyes, Gatsby was a poor man. Gatsby would do anything for Daisy and one way to show this is how Gatsby purchased the house across the bay from Daisy's house. Having his house across the bay, Gatsby throws big, wild parties to see if Daisy will ever show up. Another way Daisy's power is shown over Gatsby is when Gatsby sits in a bush outside the Buchannan house waiting for Daisy to tell Tom that she loves Gatsby, but never comes out. Daisy also has power over Tom Buchannan because even though Tom had a mistress named...