Questions about The Great Gatsby

Why didn't Daisy marry Gatsby even though she loved him? Why didn't Gatsby fight for Daisy's love? Why does Tom cheat on Daisy?

A brief look into Nick Carraway's life

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The Beauty of a Woman

I looked back at my cousin who began to ask me questions in her low,
thrilling voice. It was the kind of voice that the ear follows
 up and down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that
 will never be played again. Her face was sad and lovely
 with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright
passionate mouth-but there was an excitement in her
voice that men who had cared for her found difficult
to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered "Listen,"
a promise that she had done gay, exciting things
just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things
hovering in the next hour. (pg.13)

Happiness vs. Money

     It is in all honesty ridiculous for someone to be able to marry another person just because of their economic status. I would never even think of doing such a thing. When you marry someone you marry them because you love them as a person, you love them for who they are and not because they have millions of dollars. Money may make you feel content for a short while but it isn't a life time full of it. Imagine marrying someone who you aren't emotionally nor physically attracted to, but yet you still have to deal with them on the daily basis just because you decided to take advantage of their economic status. A miserable life would definitely be lived by any person who does such a horrible thing. Not because of remorse or because their conscious is full of guilt but because they just won't feel as lively as they would if they were with someone whom they truly loved.

     Most families that are of money aren't truly happy. They spend their time out of the house because they are always occupied. This isn't something the children of the family should go through. It makes them depressed and it also makes them have a tough life. I see it everywhere, that families who have a great amount of money do not spend quality time together. Therefore, I believe that money isn't the key to happiness nor the key to a better life. And this is why I wouldn't want to just have money or marry someone with so much of it. If I receive money I will receive it because I earned it with my hard work and I will also marry the person whom I love not some random rich man that will act like he is superior to me.

Appearances

     Outward appearances are definitely deceptive. Most of the people I know are not really who they say to be or even act to be. This is much of a problem because then we never know who people are.  This problem occurs with girls most of the time. Some girls are so into themselves and they always have to be looking nice. Some wear an excessive amount of make-up just to impress others, but this really doesn't make them look anything close to good.
     People in America shouldn't care so much about how they look or how others look. This makes people feel lower than others. Apart from people caring about their own looks they mind to much of how others are dressed or how they look or even the amount of make-up they have on. It's pointless to be judging others by what they please to wear. It only makes people feel bad.
     I myself do not care about the amount of money a significant other might have. Other people care about this nonsense. It's ridiculous to care for someone just because of their economic status. Their money is not the one that will love you or treat you nice. In my point of view money should not matter. This generation of people care to much about things that do not really help out in life.