Theme Of Social Hierarchy In The Great Gatsby
In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald critiques a variety of themes of the American Dream — honesty, authority, avarice, treason, the American dream, and so on. Out of all the themes, none is more well developed than the theme of a social hierarchy. The Great Gatsby is considered as a brilliant piece of social narration, offering a descriptive look into American life during the 1920s. Fitzgerald carefully sets up his novel into unmistakable groups but, in the end, each group has its own problems to deal with, leaving a robust reminder of what a hazardous place the world really is. By creating specific social classes; old money, new money, and no money. The author can send powerful messages about the egotistical personality running throughout every
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For many of those of simple means, the rich seem to be unified by their money. However, Fitzgerald exposes the fact that this is not the case. In The Great Gatsby, the author declares two recognizable types of wealthy people. First, there are people like the Buchanans and Jordan Baker who were born and inherited a massive amount of wealth. Their families have had money for many generations, so consequently they are classified as "old money." As depicted in the novel, the "old money" have the luxury of not having the need to work and they spend their time entertaining themselves with whatever they desire. Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and the distinct social class they embody are reasonably the novel’s most egotistical group, striking divergence on the other people of wealth. This distinction between the rich is based solely on where the money came from and most importantly, when and where the money was inherited. For the "old money" group of people, the fact that Jay Gatsby has just recently obtained his money is reason enough to be disgusted with him. By the way this groups thinks, he can't possibly have the same clarification, emotion, and desire they have. The “old money group” cannot possible accept Gatsby because he has a low-class background and to make things worse he works for a
For many of those of simple means, the rich seem to be unified by their money. However, Fitzgerald exposes the fact that this is not the case. In The Great Gatsby, the author declares two recognizable types of wealthy people. First, there are people like the Buchanans and Jordan Baker who were born and inherited a massive amount of wealth. Their families have had money for many generations, so consequently they are classified as "old money." As depicted in the novel, the "old money" have the luxury of not having the need to work and they spend their time entertaining themselves with whatever they desire. Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and the distinct social class they embody are reasonably the novel’s most egotistical group, striking divergence on the other people of wealth. This distinction between the rich is based solely on where the money came from and most importantly, when and where the money was inherited. For the "old money" group of people, the fact that Jay Gatsby has just recently obtained his money is reason enough to be disgusted with him. By the way this groups thinks, he can't possibly have the same clarification, emotion, and desire they have. The “old money group” cannot possible accept Gatsby because he has a low-class background and to make things worse he works for a