In the famous American tragedy The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald dexterously captures the excesses in the society of the “Roaring twenties”. Behind the obstructed love story of Gatsby and Daisy, the main theme, however, surrounds a much deeper perspective. By positioning the characters as the symbols for the social norm of that time period, Fitzgerald illustrates and criticizes the world where materialism conquers everything, resulting in the false beliefs, twisted human morals and social discrimination. In the 1920s, consumer revolution flourished tremendously, in which not only fueled the economy but also brought a new perspective to American culture - materialism. In the novel, our protagonist Nick Carraway, moves to New York City,
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From the character 's quote: "Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge edge of the universe - so I decided to go East and learn the bond business” (3), Nick believes the East would provide more opportunities for jobs. As we all know, in the 1920s, New York City was the heart of America, where the booming economy and the new theory of modernism all started and flourished and stock market rose wildly. People from everywhere in the country flooded into New York in order to speculate in the stock market. Additionally, Nick portrays a typical resident where the elite and the rich live, specifically West Egg and East Egg. In this case, Nick describes his new neighbor 's or Gatsby 's house as: "The one on the right was a colossal affair by andy standard - it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden" (7). This is an example of a new in West Egg - the less fashionable of the two eggs. People in West Egg are generally wealthy but behind that …show more content…
The main character portrays a different and genuine social class in the society - the old rich that lives in East Egg."Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water" (7). "Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay" (8), he illustrates. Nick exclaim that his friend in Yale and his cousin Daisy 's husband, Tom Buchanan 's family "were enormously wealthy" (8). As mentioned before, compare to West Egg, people from East Egg come from a big, old rich families that have been existed for many generations. They live a fashionable life in luxury be inheriting their parents ' property. From birth, they have known how to dress and act like an aristocrat. They do not have to experience lost and pain like the new rich who gain fortune using their bare hands. The conflict between the to classes rises once more as Tom mocks Gatsby: "An Oxford man!", he was incredulous. "Like hell he is! He wears a pink suit!" (94). In this quote, we learn that at Oxford in the 1910s, you also learned not to wear colorful suits such as pink. The point here is education is not just about reading the theories but also learning how to act and dress like a real rich
From the character 's quote: "Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge edge of the universe - so I decided to go East and learn the bond business” (3), Nick believes the East would provide more opportunities for jobs. As we all know, in the 1920s, New York City was the heart of America, where the booming economy and the new theory of modernism all started and flourished and stock market rose wildly. People from everywhere in the country flooded into New York in order to speculate in the stock market. Additionally, Nick portrays a typical resident where the elite and the rich live, specifically West Egg and East Egg. In this case, Nick describes his new neighbor 's or Gatsby 's house as: "The one on the right was a colossal affair by andy standard - it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden" (7). This is an example of a new in West Egg - the less fashionable of the two eggs. People in West Egg are generally wealthy but behind that …show more content…
The main character portrays a different and genuine social class in the society - the old rich that lives in East Egg."Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water" (7). "Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay" (8), he illustrates. Nick exclaim that his friend in Yale and his cousin Daisy 's husband, Tom Buchanan 's family "were enormously wealthy" (8). As mentioned before, compare to West Egg, people from East Egg come from a big, old rich families that have been existed for many generations. They live a fashionable life in luxury be inheriting their parents ' property. From birth, they have known how to dress and act like an aristocrat. They do not have to experience lost and pain like the new rich who gain fortune using their bare hands. The conflict between the to classes rises once more as Tom mocks Gatsby: "An Oxford man!", he was incredulous. "Like hell he is! He wears a pink suit!" (94). In this quote, we learn that at Oxford in the 1910s, you also learned not to wear colorful suits such as pink. The point here is education is not just about reading the theories but also learning how to act and dress like a real rich