Many eagerly assume the upper class is known as a place full of people who are mature and put together, but that’s not the true story. Based on various movies and books, the upper class of the 1920s was full of people who gossip, go to parties where they don’t even know the host, brag about the lavish items they have, and get their money by going against the law. The immature nature of the upper class is exemplified in The Great Gatsby, specifically through the phony partygoers, the business affairs of Gatsby, and the lavish people of the city in Tom's second life.
The phony party goers are people who come to Gatsby’s party and take advantage of how honorable it is to attend such a high level and important party. Before Nick meets the party attendees, he speaks about all he knows of the people invited he says:
The groups changed more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath; already there are wanderers, confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable, become for a sharp joyous moment the center of a group, and then, excited with triumph, glide through the sea-change of faces and …show more content…
The main times Gatsby is seen as immature or secretive is when he talking about his business or more so not talking about it. When Meyer Wolfsheim meets Nick for the first time, he automatically assumed that he was going to discuss, ”’looking for a business gonnegtion.' The juxtaposition of these two remarks was startling, Gatsby answered for me: 'Oh no,' he exclaimed, 'this isn't the man.' 'No?' Mr.Wolfsheim seemed disappointed. 'This is just a friend. I told you we'd talk about that some other time” (70-71). Gatsby quickly wants to move from the subject of business because of the immature nature of the sketchy bootleg business. In the rise of poverty to obtain his wealth, Gatsby turns to the illegal business of being a bootleg so he could get a lot of
The phony party goers are people who come to Gatsby’s party and take advantage of how honorable it is to attend such a high level and important party. Before Nick meets the party attendees, he speaks about all he knows of the people invited he says:
The groups changed more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath; already there are wanderers, confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable, become for a sharp joyous moment the center of a group, and then, excited with triumph, glide through the sea-change of faces and …show more content…
The main times Gatsby is seen as immature or secretive is when he talking about his business or more so not talking about it. When Meyer Wolfsheim meets Nick for the first time, he automatically assumed that he was going to discuss, ”’looking for a business gonnegtion.' The juxtaposition of these two remarks was startling, Gatsby answered for me: 'Oh no,' he exclaimed, 'this isn't the man.' 'No?' Mr.Wolfsheim seemed disappointed. 'This is just a friend. I told you we'd talk about that some other time” (70-71). Gatsby quickly wants to move from the subject of business because of the immature nature of the sketchy bootleg business. In the rise of poverty to obtain his wealth, Gatsby turns to the illegal business of being a bootleg so he could get a lot of