Social Classes In The Great Gatsby
Social classes in the United States, during the 1920’s led to a social change of new ideas and personal freedom known as the “Roaring Twenties”, where social status could be discovered on how you live and act. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the social classes of the characters to portray the mentality of people belonging to different social class’, their locations, and the events that form the character’s actions. (McMahon) For example, in the novel, Tom, Mr. Sloane, and a lady were riding a horse and ended up at Gatsby’s house. Mr. Sloane was not very open to conversion and the lady did not open up until she got drunk. Tom had sent an invitation to Gatsby for a dinner party, but he did not want to Gatsby actually
there. Tom was using the invite to get information off of Gatsby. The characters in the novel are famous for their wealth, where they live and are separated between the different settings and the work they do. Fitzgerald describes how rich people like Jordan Baker and the Buchanan’s. Their families from a long line of generations that hence a fortune and tells themselves they are “old money.” Fitzgerald also describes the character who became recently rich like Nick and Jay, and he describes the poor or the Valley of Ashes. For example, Jay Gatsby, a suspicious man, who lives in the East Egg does not come from a wealthy background. He gets his money from his job that he taught himself how to do. Gatsby socializes with the upper-class people just to fit in now that he has money. He throws a party for his own affection of trying to get closer to Daisy, but she would not accept who he was when he was poor since she was used to being a rich woman. Fitzgerald created the social class in The Great Gatsby by mixing his own background with Gatsby’s. Gatsby had a difficult time continuing his relationship with a girl just like Fitzgerald did in his lifetime due to the different social classes. (Fälth)
there. Tom was using the invite to get information off of Gatsby. The characters in the novel are famous for their wealth, where they live and are separated between the different settings and the work they do. Fitzgerald describes how rich people like Jordan Baker and the Buchanan’s. Their families from a long line of generations that hence a fortune and tells themselves they are “old money.” Fitzgerald also describes the character who became recently rich like Nick and Jay, and he describes the poor or the Valley of Ashes. For example, Jay Gatsby, a suspicious man, who lives in the East Egg does not come from a wealthy background. He gets his money from his job that he taught himself how to do. Gatsby socializes with the upper-class people just to fit in now that he has money. He throws a party for his own affection of trying to get closer to Daisy, but she would not accept who he was when he was poor since she was used to being a rich woman. Fitzgerald created the social class in The Great Gatsby by mixing his own background with Gatsby’s. Gatsby had a difficult time continuing his relationship with a girl just like Fitzgerald did in his lifetime due to the different social classes. (Fälth)