For example, Nick goes to the East Egg to see Daisy and Tom. “And so it came to pass that on a warm, windy evening I went to East Egg to see two old friends I barely knew.” (Fitzgerald 10) In this quote, Nick refers to Tom and Daisy as “Two old friends” who he barely knew. However, Daisy is Nick's cousin and Tom went to school with Nick. Therefore, this suggests that their relationship was meaningless as they very rarely saw each other. Another example can be seen when Nick, Tom, Daisy, Jordan and Gatsby go to town. “And we all took the less explicable step of occupying the living room of a suite at the Plaza Hotel… Open the whisky, Tom.” (Fitzgerald 132) During this passage, they spend the afternoon sitting in Tom's suite drinking whiskey. These characters have a significant amount of money, but decide to spend their time sitting in a room drinking alcohol. Furthermore, this shows their lives to be meaningless because they have nothing better to do. Finally, there were numerous rumors about Gatsby. “I heard it from a man who knew everything about him, who grew up with him in Germany.” (Fitzgerald 48) Jordan and two girls reflect on Gatsby's true past. Furthermore, instead of talking about facts, they discuss hearsay about Gatsby's past. Therefore, this shows that they lead meaningless lives as they have nothing better to do than argue about the false