Today the upper class is separated in many ways from the normal or middle class system. We in fact, praise the rich for what they have and worship them as present day Gods. In comparison, are they truly happier than the average citizen? Enclosed within the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there is a definite hollowness in the upper class. Some characters are viewed higher in society due to their income status, but are shown as unhappy compared to the average American Joe. Fitzgerald uses different literary devices such as diction and setting to convey the theme of hollowness in the upper class.
One device that Fitzgerald uses prominently in The Great Gatsby is diction. Fitzgerald uses this device to implicate the diction of Nick …show more content…
Fitzgerald uses the description of color described by Nick to show the difference between the Aristotle people living in East Egg to the new money residence living in West Egg. As described by Nick, “I lived at West Egg, the- well, the less fashionable of the two'...'The house to my right was a colossal affair by any standard it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy”(Fitzgerald 5). The East Egg can be described as, “...More elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay”(Fitzgerald 6). These two settings can describe the rich of the Jazz Age and the 21st century. Both the rich of today and the rich of the past have extraordinary large houses. The houses are indeed unneeded. Gatsby's house can be deemed, “flashy” and too big for just one person. The Buchanan's as well have a large home for only having three people in the family. This comparison can undoubtedly show the hollowness of the upper class as a whole. The homes are are not needed and the rich hide inside, pushing off their real worries and intentions for another day.
Social classes in today's society are very similar to those that Fitzgerald shows us in The Great Gatsby. The social classes are split and the rich attain the throne. Fitzgerald shows us through literary devices such as fiction and setting that this is clear today. The
One device that Fitzgerald uses prominently in The Great Gatsby is diction. Fitzgerald uses this device to implicate the diction of Nick …show more content…
Fitzgerald uses the description of color described by Nick to show the difference between the Aristotle people living in East Egg to the new money residence living in West Egg. As described by Nick, “I lived at West Egg, the- well, the less fashionable of the two'...'The house to my right was a colossal affair by any standard it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy”(Fitzgerald 5). The East Egg can be described as, “...More elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay”(Fitzgerald 6). These two settings can describe the rich of the Jazz Age and the 21st century. Both the rich of today and the rich of the past have extraordinary large houses. The houses are indeed unneeded. Gatsby's house can be deemed, “flashy” and too big for just one person. The Buchanan's as well have a large home for only having three people in the family. This comparison can undoubtedly show the hollowness of the upper class as a whole. The homes are are not needed and the rich hide inside, pushing off their real worries and intentions for another day.
Social classes in today's society are very similar to those that Fitzgerald shows us in The Great Gatsby. The social classes are split and the rich attain the throne. Fitzgerald shows us through literary devices such as fiction and setting that this is clear today. The