What is status? Is it something that makes us more or less of a person? Does it determine our future or our way of living? It might, maybe. In this essay I will talk about status, I'll tell you about F. Scott Fitzgerald and about his experience with status. I don't know how much status affected people in the past, but I believe you needed to be wealthy to be known or acknowledged. If you were not wealthy, then, you had to be the best. Now, let's talk about one person, and the influence he had with status.
First, let me explain what status is, or what consists of. Status is the relative social or professional position. It can also be the condition of a person or thing in the eyes of the law. The definition we might all know: relative rank in …show more content…
Paul Academy. His first piece was published in the school newspaper when he was 13. Then he was sent to Newman school, when he graduated, he stayed in New Jersey to further develop his artistic skills at Princeton University. From this, I can think that Fitzgerald could have been unstable because of the moving back and forth from his father's job. Fitzgerald was placed on academic probation, the he dropped out and joined the Army. Before being reported to duty, he wrote a novel, and from this one, he was more encouraged to do more work in the future.
Now that you have a clear idea about what status and about who Fitzgerald was, I will get to the point of this essay. To begin, let's talk about one of his stories that express, and have acquired social status: The Great Gatsby. The story consists of a man that all he wanted was to be the elegance of the family, and to be the best economically. Status in this story is an important element. It shows how belonging in different social classes affect events and forms the …show more content…
I don't mean he had ups and downs economically, but meaning he had ups and downs with what he wanted to feel. I strongly believe a consequence that emptiness derived to was Fitzgerald and his alcohol issues. He is known to have an appreciation for alcohol. A plus for this was, as well, that Zelda was his drinking companion. But after a time, she demanded him to stop, which did not happen. He said that sometimes he would stop, but we will never know if it was really true. Drinking also helped him write, because he enjoyed doing both. Zelda died because of mental
First, let me explain what status is, or what consists of. Status is the relative social or professional position. It can also be the condition of a person or thing in the eyes of the law. The definition we might all know: relative rank in …show more content…
Paul Academy. His first piece was published in the school newspaper when he was 13. Then he was sent to Newman school, when he graduated, he stayed in New Jersey to further develop his artistic skills at Princeton University. From this, I can think that Fitzgerald could have been unstable because of the moving back and forth from his father's job. Fitzgerald was placed on academic probation, the he dropped out and joined the Army. Before being reported to duty, he wrote a novel, and from this one, he was more encouraged to do more work in the future.
Now that you have a clear idea about what status and about who Fitzgerald was, I will get to the point of this essay. To begin, let's talk about one of his stories that express, and have acquired social status: The Great Gatsby. The story consists of a man that all he wanted was to be the elegance of the family, and to be the best economically. Status in this story is an important element. It shows how belonging in different social classes affect events and forms the …show more content…
I don't mean he had ups and downs economically, but meaning he had ups and downs with what he wanted to feel. I strongly believe a consequence that emptiness derived to was Fitzgerald and his alcohol issues. He is known to have an appreciation for alcohol. A plus for this was, as well, that Zelda was his drinking companion. But after a time, she demanded him to stop, which did not happen. He said that sometimes he would stop, but we will never know if it was really true. Drinking also helped him write, because he enjoyed doing both. Zelda died because of mental