The Materialism of Society in The Great Gatsby Every person has a yearning in her heart, a desire for greater happiness she needs to fill. Whether it be love, power, knowledge, or social status, every person at one time strives to fill an emptiness through material gain. Materialism is “ the tendency to prefer material possessions and physical comfort to spiritual values”(Isaacs 924). Today’s society is occupied with materialistic things. The Great Gatsby is a …showed first 75 words of 1158 total…

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