A reader's mind captures the lives of the characters who live in ways the reader can only imagine. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby throws the most magnificent parties, with the most luxurious decorations and people flocking from almost everywhere. That said, Gatsby barely shows his face, waiting for one thing that will complete the life that commoners can only dream of. Jay Gatsby lives in an age of self-indulgence, where even he is willing to give up his own life to achieve his goal. Like many others during this era, Gatsby finds satisfaction in his materialistic possessions. While showing Daisy around his extravagant home, Gatsby explains that he receives clothing selections from England for each of the seasons and "he took out a pile of shirts and started throwing them, one by one, in front of us, transparent, thick linen shirts. silk and fine flannel…” (92). Jay Gatsby shows us, in this scene, how much these material things mean to him by throwing them into a happy spirit. The spirit began that day by reuniting with his old love, Daisy. Gatsby longed for this meeting...