Is this still true at the end?- I think this could be answered either way.
I think that Nick hates the way money makes people act and that the rest of the characters are so caught up in this that it causes the outcome (or tragedy) at the end of the book.
It tells us that this is a pattern starting with a blue flower then a yellow flower then a blue flower and then a yellow flower and so. on...
this is false. interviews are not only face to face