Socioeconomic Status In The Great Gatsby

Working hard to make a novel that was going to make history is not an easy task and with that, every little thing counts. A man named Fitzgerald wanted to do it and he used one of the most effective aspects in writing, which is symbolism. Not only did Fitzgerald want to write a great novel, but he also wanted to make the setting more accurate in that time period, and that led to his decision of using symbolism as a great factor to represent major aspects in that century. Fitzgerald didn’t want to create his own world as most novels do, but use the real world that was witnessed in the 1920’s and make a story from that. He focused on so many things like what socioeconomic status certain characters belonged to, also highlighted a little about the industrial revolution and some also on how other characters made their wealth, but the emphasis will be on certain character’s socioeconomic status. This will lead us to talk mostly about three characters, George Wilson, Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway and how fitzgerald uses symbolism to explain in what place they belong in the hierarchy. Fitzgerald made a huge part of the book deal with symbolism, and through that, he used certain objects in the Great Gatsby to represent what …show more content…
One huge thing that Gatsby was known for doing was the huge parties he threw every weekend. This obviously explains to us that the amount of money that went into it will be huge, and to be able to do it every week creates vivid picture of wealth to you. The fact that he really didn’t know almost all of the people at his own parties also serves as huge evidence that this man Gatsby was at the top of the hierarchy. Moving on to the next issue and also emphasizing on how Fitzgerald looking at the difference between the wealthy class and the lower class, he uses great symbolism on creating a middle class in this