Class And Society In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald is famous as one of the greatest authors of the twenties. He is referred to as a member of the "Lost Generation". His books deal with the idealism and the disillusion of the post-World-War-1 decade and also with the struggle of the American society to find spiritual happiness and material wealth (Di Bacco 525). Long describes Fitzgerald as "central to the American twenties" or "historian of the golden twenties". "He names the Jazz Age" (177). In his novel The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald describes the social circumstances in the USA in the 1920s with typical representatives of in this time existing social classes in the post-war decade.

Class structure in the 1920s was synonymous to prejudice. The 1920s was known as a period of wild excess and great parties with excitement arising from the ashes of the wars in America’s history. It was a period in history where rapid materialism and narcissistic ideals grew uncontrollably, and it was the days where Jay Gatsby, illegally, rose to success. Having social classes was the same as segregation, except it was through economic standings, the two both instil injustice within social standards. Class structure was used to describe the difference between the new money and old money. The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, written during the 1920s, emphasizes the division between the social classes and the reasons behind why they

The Great Gatsby had a lot of points from its beginning till the end of chapter six. It catching and move slow from side to side the whole history by highly sense of eagerness and hard to imagine and decided what will happen at the end of history. It feels me in the sense of motion to know the final action of each characters. Thanks for the book writer all his characters are wise in their life integrity that to responded on every tiny problem as well as to be problem makers.

The Great Gatsby is regarded as a brilliant piece of social commentary, offering a vivid peek into American life in the 1920s. Fitzgerald carefully sets up his novel into distinct groups but, in the end, each group has its own problems to deal with, leaving a powerful reminder of what a peculiar place the world really is. By creating distinct social classes which are old money, new money, and no money. Fitzgerald sends strong messages about the elitism running throughout every strata of society.

Appearance Paul Fussell discusses the way the social classes are set up and how to determine who belongs to which social class. He argues that the way you present yourself and the things you own can prove your class to other people. According to Fussell, many times members of the upper class come off as clean and neat, and they have large and expensive things that most people don’t have. He says “When you pass a house with a would-be impressive facade from the street or highway, you know it’s occupied by a member of the upper class” (Fussell 31). In other words, when you see a huge and expensive looking house, you can already tell that it belongs to an upper class family.

The American Dream is something common to most individuals, however it's one thing that everybody views in several ways. The American Dream is totally different for everybody, however they share a number of a similar aspects of it. The dream relies mainly on the setting of wherever one lives and one‘s social status. for instance, The Declaration of Independence was by Thomas Jefferson, who was an upper class white male. He needed freedom, however freedom for people like himself that were white land owning people. martin luther King, in his I have a Dream speech, also demanded freedom, but mostly for African Americans like him. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in his book the great Gatsby, that he wants to eliminate the rich, which he was a

The Great Gatsby: Society and Class Differences At the early age twenty-four F. Scott Fitzgerald had made a name for himself as one of the country’s promising young writers. Living a fast and loose lifestyle, Fitzgerald quickly developed a reputation as a playboy with an extravagant lifestyle (Fitzgerald, Biography, 2015). In 1924 while living in France, Fitzgerald wrote what would be his greatest accomplishment, The Great Gatsby. Taking place in the 1920’s, and narrated by Nick Carraway, this novel shows us the way wealth affects ones social status.

The 1920’s brought about extreme change in the way the average American lived their lives, both socially and politically. Immigration, industrialism, and economy boomed, creating abundant wealth among Americans through the creation of new job opportunities. Eventually, a more defined social class structure was established, bringing fluctuations in the distribution of wealth among different ranks in society. This period of time, known as the “Roaring Twenties”, is exhibited in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who uses the characters in the novel to depict the conflict in American society. Gatsby, the central figure of the novel, represents the lower class and is followed as he attempts to achieve the benefits of the American Dream,

Class and status play a large on how one is treated in society. People born into privilege are provided with a physical and emotional sense of entitlement. Those born with wealth and high status have the audacity to do things without paying attention to the rules, their high social status often exempts them from paying any consequences. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald stresses the importance of how money can either support or knock down a person depending on how much they were brought up on.

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1920’s. This story is set on Long Island, New York, about a man Jay Gatsby who tries to repeat the past and rekindle his love with a woman named Daisy Buchanan. His affair with her, and many efforts to impress her ultimately do not act in his favor. There are three different social classes in the book, East Egg representing inherited wealth, West Egg representing new and earned wealth, and finally the Valley of Ashes representing poverty and struggle. All of these social classes help to portray the different kinds of people in the 1920’s.

‘Social class is the deciding factor in all loving relationships’. To what extent is this the case in The

The Great Gatsby is a novel of triumph and tragedy, noted for the remarkable way it pictures the big difference in the American society. In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald comes across many themes, such as, justice, power, greed, betrayal, the American dream, and so many other themes. Of all the themes, perhaps none is better developed than the one referring to social class structure. The Great Gatsby is without dough one of the most brilliant pieces of social commentary, offering us a vivid peek into American life during the 1920s. By creating distinct social classes, old money, new money, and no money, the author sends strong messages about the elitism running throughout every level of society.

F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays social class in a way that shows money can't buy everything. Throughout the story you see three classes old money, new money, and no money. Each class tends to face their own set of problems throughout the novel. Surprisingly in many cases the ones who have less tend to be happier. The Great Gatsby puts great stress on money and social classes however, money can't buy happiness nor guarantee true love.

One of the most important themes in the novel is the important of class. Fitzgerald makes it evident that the social classes are divided by the setting, the possessions thy have and how that certain individual interacts and behaves with other people. This is shown by Fitzgerald uses powerful adjectives and verbs to portray to the reader what that character is like. I am looking at the importance of class as this is the reason for the differences in the characters.

Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby, there is a constant theme present: social class. Fitzgerald makes a connection between the theme of social class, and the settings in the novel for example The Valley of Ashes which is described as a “desolate area of land” (p.21) and a “solemn dumping ground” (p.21) which is where the poor people live. The Valley of Ashes is situated between West Egg and New York, West Egg being the place where the aspiring classes are situated, which is the “less fashionable of the two” (p.8), this is where Gatsby lives. West Egg is the place of ‘new money’, Fitzgerald shows this by the idea of the main character Jay Gatsby, rumoured to be selling illegal alcohol (prohibition) which means he is quickly making vast