Within the introduction of The Great Gatsby the reader gets a glimpse of the bad personality that the rich and the privileged possess; egoistic, smug and rude. "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone… just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had."(Fitzgerald 1). This quote was said by Nick Carraway’s father, his wise words are trying to encourage young Nick to not think of himself as the most important but to instead realize and be grateful for all the privileges that he does obtain because there are ones who don’t have the privileges that he does. Within the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the motif of wealth and status through the characters actions and materialistic attitudes.
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