Topic > Superficiality and materialism in the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald...

It was the hottest day of the summer and Daisy, Tom, Jordan, Nick and Gatsby were having lunch in the Buchanan villa.'"What will happen let's do with us same this afternoon?" exclaimed Daisy, "and the next day, and the next thirty years?" "Don't be morbid," said Jordan. "Life begins again when the autumn is cool" (Fitzgerald 125). With l Daisy's exclamation, Fitzgerald highlights her restlessness Living a life supported by money and possessions, Daisy doesn't just wonder what she'll do with her life next 30 years. By asking Daisy to ask herself this, she brings to attention the naivety of the upper class in the 1920s: they are used to being supported by their money despite being empty and superficial, which leads to a lack of productive judgment they assume simply that in 30 years things will be the same. As we can see from Gatsby's parties and Tom's party in New York, the upper class temporarily relieved boredom with parties, drinking bootleg alcohol, and various day trips to kill time (for Tom and Daisy, it would be trips to New York York).