Exploring the theme of social class within the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott. Fitzgerlard

In The Great Gatsby the first instance of favorable curriculum is when we find out that prick is privileged. havent had tout ensemble the advantages that youve had. Nick is announceing us well-nigh advice that his father had given him from this we can understandably see that Nick is better off than some tidy sum. Nick too suggests that you argon natural into your course of instruction by precept decencies is parcelled out unequally at consanguinity. This shows us that at the time the book was written throng didnt work their focal point up the social ladder and could non move through the classes very easily, instead they were born into and expected to freeze in one class.The next significant mention of class, in my opinion, is I wanted the world to be uniform I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses. To me Nick is suggesting that he doesnt want large number to be divided by class, only when that he wants everyone to be together and equal. To othe rs this foreshadows that discrimination between classes will play a big part in the story because Nick is saying what he wanted and not what actually happened. We also see that Nick is unhappy with the class difference of opinion when he says well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the capricious.This shows that Nick is unhappy with the split between classes because he is privileged but cannot afford to live in the posher area of New York. except into the novel we see again that Nick doesnt like the class splits and how they have affected batch. I was confused and a little disgusted as I hatch away. Nick is not happy with the attitude and the way the fastness classes behave. A reader whitethorn get the impression that he isnt wealthinessy himself and is jealous of the rich or that he isnt as rich as most people and doesnt want to be because he is practice off by the way that they come across.Another significant mention of socia l class is in the conversation between Nick and Jordan Baker. I have it off somebody thereI dont know a single-. From this I can see that the classes dont scuffle with one another(prenominal) because the people who live in East Egg Daisy and Jordan do not know many people from the West Egg apart from Gatsby who is fairly well known anyway. This gives me a clear image of the way people in that time would have seen other classes they knew that they shouldnt mix with one another and that they should persevere the classes as separate as they could.I can also tell that Tom thinks that he is at the top of society. he reads deep books with long words in them. Daisy is saying that he enjoys reading books, but by saying that he reads books with long words in and can understand them shows that he is enlightened and so it above a hook of people in society. When Tom says Its up to us, who are the dominant race it shows me that he thinks that the class of people of which he comes under is above everyone else. By describing himself as the dominant race he is giving off the impression that he should have a lot of power and has the rights and ability to control everyone else.Another key instance, in my opinion, is when myrtle is mocking the lower classes. These people You have to keep after them all the time. Myrtle is in lower class herself and when pretext to be upper class and mocking the lower classes, I can see that the classes dont really like each other or get along. I can also tell that the classes do not have an understanding of each other as Myrtle doesnt know how behave like a rich person. To some people this can also show that Myrtle doesnt like the rich people, her mocking the lower classes could be an indirect way of mocking the upper class (of which she doesnt fall under). We can also tell that the classes dont really mix and understand each other because when they are talking about West Egg, Daisy is offended and failed to understand. This clearly show s us that the upper class do not want to be associated with the lower classes and do not even attempt to understand them.Further into the novel, chapter three opens with a description of Gatsbys parties. There was medical specialty from my neighbours house through the summer nightswhile his two motor boatsRolls-RoyceAnd on Mondays eight servants. This shows the reader that Gatsby is rich, and therefore could be considered part of the upper class. Nick is describing his neighbour showing that the people who live in West Egg can be part of the upper class because Gatsby is. Further into this chapter Gatsby is showing off his wealth at a party through the number of books he owns. What do you think? he demanded after showing off his book shelf. Gatsby doesnt read the books he righteous has them there to show that he is wealthy and can afford to waste his money. To some readers this can also symbolise that bringing up is dividing the new rich from the old rich. It shows us that educat ion can now be a factor into getting into the upper class whereas before you were born into class and only got an education if you were part of a high class.Further into the novel, chapter six, we find out that even before Daisy, Gatsby had thought that wealth was important. I suppose hed had that fix ready for a long time. The name Jay Gatsby comes from a materialistic conception which means to be lucky. This shows the reader that Gatsby had always wanted to be successful and make something of himself and that it wasnt Daisy that had caused him to want to be wealthy.From chapter six we can also see that being born into a high class and an education were not the only ways to move up the social ladder to be part of a high class. drifted back to the Lake Superior and he was still meddlesome for something to do. This quotation can show the reader that Gatsby is looking for a way other than an education to climb on the social ladder because he leaves college and is searching for som ething else to do.Tom looks down upon the newly rich and thinks that they are all bootleggers. some big bootlegger This shows us that Tom is not happy with the way some people have earnt their money. Again showing us that he thinks he is superior to others.