Society's Influence On The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story “The Great Gatsby” was centered on the 1920s. He portrays idealism, money, excesses, division in social classes and the illusion to start again. The story is told from Nick Carraway’s point of view and it tells the story of Jay Gatsby. During the story Fitzgerald introduces different characters and the ideals that they represent. All the characters had different ideals, but in the end they were all ruled by society .Society’s influence can be mostly seen in the characters of Gatsby, Nick, Tom and Daisy. First, Jay Gatsby is a dreamer in society. His real name was James Gatz and he is the one of the main characters in the story . He came from a modest family and later entered the U.S. Army during the World War I. After meeting Daisy and the way she lived, he realized that in order to have her he had to be in the same social class as her. Therefore, tempted by the desire of being with her, Gatsby decides to give into society and pretend to be someone rich. Later he goes to war and after he returns his loved one is …show more content…
In the story society makes the characters wish for wealth and power instead of love. The story touches some important points in how society worked in the 1920s such as men being the dominant part in the marriage, wealth, and power being the main source for success. In other words, the main relationship that all Gatsby, Nick, Tom and Daisy shared was how they adjusted their lives to try and obtain the lifestyle that society said people needed to have. In addition, Fitzgerald breaks the enchantment of the 1920s by portraying an example of wealthy families that had a life full of big mansions, expensive hobbies, money in excess, big and parties and fake friends, but with broken dreams and families. As a whole, the society on Gatsby’s story shows that something that looks incredible can turn out to be an