OLD MONEY VS. NEW MONEY

Old Money refers to families who have been wealthy for generations. Old money is like for families like the Rockefellers, the Carnegies, and the Vanderbilts. The are families that have been wealthy for many decades.

New money refers to the people that are wealthy but havn't been wealthy from their families. people like Bil Gates, Oprah, etc.

F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his book The Great Gatsby to compare old and new money and to to show the people with old money how much they regret their wealth. Jay Gatsby is the example of new money in the novel he makes his living selling bootlegging alchohol. He earns his money fast and tries to show off his wealth by throwing big parties in his huge mansion in West Egg.Tom Buchanan represents old money in the novel he is racist and believes that whites are the superior race his wealth gets the best of him and he has a big ego. Both of strive for their dreams. Gatsby's is to get Daisy while Tom's is to completely possess Daisy to stay with him no matter what.