The Significance of Class and Desire and Their Relationship in The Great Gatsby
In The Great Gatsby, By F. Scott Fitzgerald, social and economic class play a large role in a person’s reputation, daily life, and acquaintances. However, In cases such as Tom Buchanan’s, class is sometimes tarnished by the strong grip of lust, and selfishness. Often when it comes to class one desires the opposite of their own identity. However love is one of the only things that can not cross the boundary of class.
Even Though the Narrator of the story is Nick Carraway, and the title of the story is The Great Gatsby, one could argue that the anecdote truly revolves around Daisy buchanan, whose beauty would make the brightest star seem dull by comparison. …show more content…
They are like a cash printer that pulls perfectly happy people into their world proceeding send them through the machine, laugh when the poor soul gets chopped into pieces and be spit out the other end having felt so close to money but never actually owning it, until finally they’ve had enough so they go talk about it over an expensive bottle of champagne. To the point, the Buchanans use their wealth to shield themselves from the real world. Nick Carraway on the other hand, does not concede into money, for he seeks it out. From the beginning of the story the reader understands that Nick is drawn to money. The bond business was the gold rush of the 1920s, bringing money-hungry young men from all over the country to New York City. Nick was one of those men, a recent Yale graduate who moved to West Egg New York. When Gatsby invites Nick out to lunch, the first thing that Nick notices is Gatsby's beautiful yellow car. In Nick's account of the morning, he describes, “At nine o'clock, one morning late in July, …show more content…
Anybody in New York is aware that Tom is having an affair Myrtle Wilson, however why does Tom, a man derived from absurd amounts of wealth, desire Myrtle, the low down wife of a car repairman. Tom happens to desire the opposite of his own identity. The first example of this, is on Tom and Daisy’s honeymoon when to has a night with one of the chambermaids at the hotel where Daisy and Tom were staying. In Jordan’s account of the incident, she explains, “Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night, and ripped a front wheel off his car. The girl who was with him got into the papers, too, because her arm was broken she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel.” (4, 41) It is the girl along with Myrtle’s coarseness that Tom desires. He wishes to be free, and he is reckless in doing so, for he cannot control his temptations. Tom has an affair with myrtle for numerous reasons, including sexual pleasure. However, that is not the drive of his affair. Tom spends a large amount of time and money on Myrtle. For example, “The fact that he had one [a mistress] was insisted upon wherever he was known. His acquaintances resented the fact that he turned up in popular restaurants with her and, leaving her at a table, sauntered about, chatting with whomever he knew.” (2,12) Here the
In The Great Gatsby, By F. Scott Fitzgerald, social and economic class play a large role in a person’s reputation, daily life, and acquaintances. However, In cases such as Tom Buchanan’s, class is sometimes tarnished by the strong grip of lust, and selfishness. Often when it comes to class one desires the opposite of their own identity. However love is one of the only things that can not cross the boundary of class.
Even Though the Narrator of the story is Nick Carraway, and the title of the story is The Great Gatsby, one could argue that the anecdote truly revolves around Daisy buchanan, whose beauty would make the brightest star seem dull by comparison. …show more content…
They are like a cash printer that pulls perfectly happy people into their world proceeding send them through the machine, laugh when the poor soul gets chopped into pieces and be spit out the other end having felt so close to money but never actually owning it, until finally they’ve had enough so they go talk about it over an expensive bottle of champagne. To the point, the Buchanans use their wealth to shield themselves from the real world. Nick Carraway on the other hand, does not concede into money, for he seeks it out. From the beginning of the story the reader understands that Nick is drawn to money. The bond business was the gold rush of the 1920s, bringing money-hungry young men from all over the country to New York City. Nick was one of those men, a recent Yale graduate who moved to West Egg New York. When Gatsby invites Nick out to lunch, the first thing that Nick notices is Gatsby's beautiful yellow car. In Nick's account of the morning, he describes, “At nine o'clock, one morning late in July, …show more content…
Anybody in New York is aware that Tom is having an affair Myrtle Wilson, however why does Tom, a man derived from absurd amounts of wealth, desire Myrtle, the low down wife of a car repairman. Tom happens to desire the opposite of his own identity. The first example of this, is on Tom and Daisy’s honeymoon when to has a night with one of the chambermaids at the hotel where Daisy and Tom were staying. In Jordan’s account of the incident, she explains, “Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night, and ripped a front wheel off his car. The girl who was with him got into the papers, too, because her arm was broken she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel.” (4, 41) It is the girl along with Myrtle’s coarseness that Tom desires. He wishes to be free, and he is reckless in doing so, for he cannot control his temptations. Tom has an affair with myrtle for numerous reasons, including sexual pleasure. However, that is not the drive of his affair. Tom spends a large amount of time and money on Myrtle. For example, “The fact that he had one [a mistress] was insisted upon wherever he was known. His acquaintances resented the fact that he turned up in popular restaurants with her and, leaving her at a table, sauntered about, chatting with whomever he knew.” (2,12) Here the