Entry 2/5 The Great Gatsby

In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald sports a very important quote in the very beginning of the novel. The quote state "Whenever you feel like criticising anyone.... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." This is important as it can relate to our everyday lives. Everyday we judge someone without thinking about or considering the advantages that we could have over them, and as we forget these advantages our mind goes off on how lazy a person is because all they do is sleep, or how stupid someone is because they were unable to finish college or because they failed a test. Although the person that said this is the father of the narrator, who we can tell is quite wealthy, so we can assume that his father is talking about living style or how much money someone has in their pockets. The father is saying this to his son so he can grow and learn to be humble, and not let him have the mind set of "money makes a person".