Role Of Social Class In The Great Gatsby
Social class is people having the same social, economic, or educational status. The three most common classes are upper, middle, and lower. Since the day we were born, everyone is grouped into one of these classes. No matter what others portray, one cannot change social classes.
People today believe it does not matter what social class one is brought up in. They believe whatever situation one comes from as a child, he or she can overcome it to make better of their life. While doing this, one is climbing up the social ladder and essentially away from their past. Like in The Great Gatsby, how Jay Gatsby climbs the ladder away from the farm he grew up working on. But how is his new life expected to erase where he came from? It is simply not possible. …show more content…
One can rise to the very top, but did he really go anywhere? Having all the materialistic goods one can need does not change the moral or the roots of that person. Jay Gatsby reached the top of the ladder, but he was still the same person as the one who was at the bottom of the ladder. He still loves Daisy and wanted to pursue her. The money never changed that. It was just the key to getting him in a situation to reaching her again. Daisy fell in love with the poor and the rich Gatsby.
Anything earned while being rich is ultimately just used as a distraction from the past. When one wants to forget the small house he came from he buys a big one. When he wants to forget about the ways he traveled around in the past, he buys a fancy car. These are used to take one’s mind off of how things used to be. Gatsby uses his money to throw parties which is clearly used to get Daisy’s attention. Gatsby’s new possessions are used to distract Daisy from the fact that he did not earn his money the same way she
People today believe it does not matter what social class one is brought up in. They believe whatever situation one comes from as a child, he or she can overcome it to make better of their life. While doing this, one is climbing up the social ladder and essentially away from their past. Like in The Great Gatsby, how Jay Gatsby climbs the ladder away from the farm he grew up working on. But how is his new life expected to erase where he came from? It is simply not possible. …show more content…
One can rise to the very top, but did he really go anywhere? Having all the materialistic goods one can need does not change the moral or the roots of that person. Jay Gatsby reached the top of the ladder, but he was still the same person as the one who was at the bottom of the ladder. He still loves Daisy and wanted to pursue her. The money never changed that. It was just the key to getting him in a situation to reaching her again. Daisy fell in love with the poor and the rich Gatsby.
Anything earned while being rich is ultimately just used as a distraction from the past. When one wants to forget the small house he came from he buys a big one. When he wants to forget about the ways he traveled around in the past, he buys a fancy car. These are used to take one’s mind off of how things used to be. Gatsby uses his money to throw parties which is clearly used to get Daisy’s attention. Gatsby’s new possessions are used to distract Daisy from the fact that he did not earn his money the same way she