In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, materialism creates the identity of Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy by shaping their experiences, conflicts, goals and etc. Identity is the behavioral characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as a member of a group. Being materialistic is when a person finds objects more important than abstract things for example money vs. self-satisfaction. Through the means of money and power these three characters clash in order to keep their rich/lavish lifestyle. In this book Gatsby accumulates a fortune in order to win the affections of the upper-class Daisy Buchanan and also to live wealthy lifestyle. Daisy Buchanan wife of Tom Buchanan is an emotionally shallow person who married Tom partically for his status of being wealthy, unlike Gatsby her true love who was away at the war and was not wealthy. She knows her...