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

In The Great Gatsby the first instance of kind mob is when we find line up out that knap is privileged. havent had all(prenominal) the advantages that youve had. mountain pass is split uping us about advice that his father had given him from this we burn down clearly travel to that snick is better off than some stack. Nick likewise suggests that you argon born(p) into your class by saying decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth. This immortalises us that at the cartridge clip the mass was written slew didnt work their fashion up the social rivulet and could not move through the classes very easily, instead they were born into and expected to stay in one class.The next signifi merchantmant nominate of class, in my opinion, is I lossed the world to be uniform I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses. To me Nick is suggesting that he doesnt want people to be divided by class, just that he wants everyone to be together and equal. To ot hers this foreshadows that inequality between classes will revive a big part in the story because Nick is saying what he wanted and not what actually happened. We also think that Nick is unhappy with the class difference when he says well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre.This shows that Nick is unhappy with the split between classes because he is privileged but bottomnot open up to outlast in the posher area of New York. Further into the novel we see again that Nick doesnt worry the class splits and how they have modify people. I was confused and a little disgusted as I drove away. Nick is not happy with the attitude and the way the upper classes behave. A lector may get the upshot that he isnt sloshed himself and is jealous of the rich or that he isnt as rich as most people and doesnt want to be because he is put off by the way that they come across.Another significant mention of social class is in the conversa tion between Nick and Jordan Baker. I know somebody thereI dont know a single-. From this I can see that the classes dont liquefy with one another because the people who live in East Egg Daisy and Jordan do not know galore(postnominal) people from the westside Egg apart from Gatsby who is fairly well cognize 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 slide by 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 ache words in them. Daisy is saying that he enjoys reading books, but by saying that he reads books with long words in and can pick up them shows that he is educated and so it above a lot of people in society. When Tom says Its up to us, who are the dominant expedite 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 prevail everyone else.Another key instance, in my opinion, is when Myrtle is bemock the lower classes. These people You have to keep after them all the time. Myrtle is in lower class herself and when pretending to be upper class and mocking the lower classes, I can see that the classes dont rattling like to each one 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 return 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 shows us th at the upper class do not want to be associated with the lower classes and do not however attempt to understand them.Further into the novel, chapter three opens with a description of Gatsbys parties. There was music from my neighbours house through the spend 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 present that the people who live in West Egg can be part of the upper class because Gatsby is. Further into this chapter Gatsby is video display 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 just has them there to show that he is wealthy and can afford to waste his money. To some readers this can also symbolise that knowledge is dividing the new rich from the old rich. It shows us that education 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 estimation that wealth was important. I suppose hed had that name secure for a long time. The name Jay Gatsby comes from a materialistic conceit which means to be in(predicate). 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 turn tail to be part of a high class. drifted back to the Lake Superior and he was still searching for something to do. This quotation can show the reader that Gatsby is looking for a way other than an education to climb the social ladder because he leaves college and is searching for somethi ng 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.