Social Class In The Great Gatsby

Social class and status plays a significant part in The Great Gatsby in which the characters are distinguished by their wealth, work, and living. The American dream plays a big role in the social class as people have to make their own decisions to get where they want to be in their life. In the novel, there are two cities, East egg and the West egg, which are separated by the valley of ashes. Between the two cities of which you live in, shows if you are from a wealthy family (East egg) or if you are new to wealth (West egg). In What Social Class is in America, the author describes the concept of the American Dream, “In the bright glow and warm presence of the American Dream all men are born free and equal. Everyone in the American Dream has
Gatsby is able to change his life around as he goes from having nothing to being the wealthiest guy in town/city. We learn from Gatsby that anything is possible as long we put the effort and the willingness in to succeed in life and that we need to do our part in order to get the things we want in life. In The Great Gatsby, the characters had it a lot harder than what we as Americans are going through in today’s society. Therefore, it is harder to achieve our goals as 35% of the Americans are placed in middle classes according to the CNN news from 2013. (CNN, 2013) Americans are wanting to stay where there are and are not wanting to take the risk to be moved up a level. Someone once said, “The American Dream is harder to achieve in today’s society as the stakes are higher and new things are enforced in which it makes it difficult for the Americans to be able to reach that limit/level.” Gatsby however lived in a society where most people were placed in the lower classes, which made their life harder to live in. He has the opportunity of striving to be at the top because he was already low enough to where he had the chance of making his life become more enjoyable and