the ‘ideal’ image of someone wealthy. Tom, Daisy and Jordan are all from old money, and successfully portrayed the stereotype in the passage where Nick is invited for dinner at Tom and Daisy’s luxurious home. In this passage of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald agrees with this idea and utilizes Nick Carraway, as well as multiple stylistic elements, to narrate and express his opinion of the characters. Nick describes Daisy, Jordan, and Tom as shallow, conceited, and ignorant to their surroundings…
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