"Our great cities and our mighty buildings will avail us not if we lack spiritual strength to subdue mere objects to the higher purposes of humanity" (Harnsberger 14), is what Lyndon B. Johnson had to say about materialism. He knew the value of money, and he realized the power and effect of money. Money can have many effects, however money cannot buy happiness. Many people don’t this fact, and many continue to try and actually buy things that make them happy. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The , Fizgerald shows us how Jay Gatsby is one of the ....