Where we live
Does where someone live, shape who they are? How long they live? A person’s environment can affect the way they live and think because of the influences they are exposed to and the certain types of opportunities that are available. For example, the upper class may have different views than the working class. The way they do and think things make them complete opposites. As setting comes into play, characters in The Great Gatsby are characterized by their wealth, work, and location of living. As a result, Fitzgerald describes the different attitudes of thinking through the various social classes.
Through the use of the different geographical location, Fitzgerald begins to display the different ways each social class interact one with another. One of …show more content…
West Egg could also be associated as the working rich, they have to work in order to obtain what they want. The same way Gatsby made something of himself, by working hard to throw expensive parties, in hope of attracting East Egg residents to obtain his dream and be comfortable in standing up to them. They may loathe one another but they definitely use each other for their own personal satisfactions. When guests are described as “blue garden men and girls came and went like moths,” (39; ch 3) it is implying that they are attracted to the lights of the party like moths are attracted to flames. The parties are the only way they can immerse themselves with even more wealth and fame. When Gatsby dies, “nobody [comes to his funeral] “ (179; ch 9) , implying that while he was alive everyone acted like they were his friends, but he was used the same way the Valley of Ash residents were. No one cared,
Does where someone live, shape who they are? How long they live? A person’s environment can affect the way they live and think because of the influences they are exposed to and the certain types of opportunities that are available. For example, the upper class may have different views than the working class. The way they do and think things make them complete opposites. As setting comes into play, characters in The Great Gatsby are characterized by their wealth, work, and location of living. As a result, Fitzgerald describes the different attitudes of thinking through the various social classes.
Through the use of the different geographical location, Fitzgerald begins to display the different ways each social class interact one with another. One of …show more content…
West Egg could also be associated as the working rich, they have to work in order to obtain what they want. The same way Gatsby made something of himself, by working hard to throw expensive parties, in hope of attracting East Egg residents to obtain his dream and be comfortable in standing up to them. They may loathe one another but they definitely use each other for their own personal satisfactions. When guests are described as “blue garden men and girls came and went like moths,” (39; ch 3) it is implying that they are attracted to the lights of the party like moths are attracted to flames. The parties are the only way they can immerse themselves with even more wealth and fame. When Gatsby dies, “nobody [comes to his funeral] “ (179; ch 9) , implying that while he was alive everyone acted like they were his friends, but he was used the same way the Valley of Ash residents were. No one cared,