Money and Power in Gatsby

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…become a member of the upper class is to win Daisy back and to buy the past five years back he missed with her. Clearly, by viewing the novel through a psychoanalytical analysis, the reader is able to see that Daisy and Jordan lack the necessity it takes to be powerful and compensates by lie and cheating. Like many women in Daisy position, women will substitute love for money, because with money along comes power.