Jack Clayton adapted F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby to illustrate the social class and status in the 1920s to his film, The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man who lives in a Gothic mansion in West Egg, New York. He is well known for the lavish parties he throws every Saturday night, but he never attends. Nobody knows who he really is, where he comes from, or what he does. Karl Marxist argued “differences in socioeconomic class divide people in ways that are much more significant that differences in religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. For the real battle lines are drawn, to put the matter simply, between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’” (Falth). Marxist’s perspective explains how the film illustrates
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The parities is a genius idea to develop his status from a mysterious rich man to be known as “old family” with “old money” (Falth). During the 1920s social status was the representation of self. A person’s opportunities depends on family background; a person who has been rich the longest has a higher social status than self-earned money. Gatsby lies about his social class to Nick Carraway, Daisy’s cousin, on car ride. He claims to be the heir from the family Gatsby in San Francisco to make people believe his “new money” is “old money”. He lies about his background to bring himself to the same social status as Tom and Daisy. His goal to be in the same social status as Daisy will grant him her love. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby mentioned Gatsby and Daisy’s past when he was a solider. The novel highlights the issue of social class based on Gatsby’s military uniform. He is ashamed of his class and status because he was born to a poor German American farming family; instead he hides his social background, so the upper class can accept him as a high class solider, officer. Gatsby wears his uniform illustrates the equality of soldiers and officers, however they have different social backgrounds. Gatsby’s first visit to Daisy’s home is a comparisons of both social
The parities is a genius idea to develop his status from a mysterious rich man to be known as “old family” with “old money” (Falth). During the 1920s social status was the representation of self. A person’s opportunities depends on family background; a person who has been rich the longest has a higher social status than self-earned money. Gatsby lies about his social class to Nick Carraway, Daisy’s cousin, on car ride. He claims to be the heir from the family Gatsby in San Francisco to make people believe his “new money” is “old money”. He lies about his background to bring himself to the same social status as Tom and Daisy. His goal to be in the same social status as Daisy will grant him her love. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby mentioned Gatsby and Daisy’s past when he was a solider. The novel highlights the issue of social class based on Gatsby’s military uniform. He is ashamed of his class and status because he was born to a poor German American farming family; instead he hides his social background, so the upper class can accept him as a high class solider, officer. Gatsby wears his uniform illustrates the equality of soldiers and officers, however they have different social backgrounds. Gatsby’s first visit to Daisy’s home is a comparisons of both social