Significance Of Social Class In The Great Gatsby

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Imagine a person in the lower class trying to become in higher class. This person throwing luxuries party, doing illegal business to achieve this. This is Gatsby. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, each character represents a social class. Gatsby trying to become upper class from lower class. Tom and Daisy represents upper class and Nick presents middle class. This novel mainly focus of American Dream. American Dream is the ideal of equal opportunity to achieve in the highest way and succeed. Fitzgerald tried to achieve his American Dream by doing his favorite work, being an author. He worked hard in order to go up in social status. He succeeded as author and became one of the best. Although many argue that money take higher into social class, and this is American Dream. The reality is people needs to be educated and different socioeconomic background to achieve American Dream. Gatsby try to become upper class from lower class. He tried by throwing luxuries party, and illegal business. He wasn’t fully successful. His dream was win Daisy, so he can be in upper …show more content…
The novel explains social class and American Dream deeply, by representing each character with a class. Gatsby made money, but did not have good life. As the novel end, He is murdered by George Wilson, misunderstanding the truth. Nick regretted everything that happened and confessed “I’m five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor (Fitzgerald 166).” It is nearly impossible to escape social class and to change the past. people are required to be educated and different socioeconomic background to achieve American Dream and to move up in social class. Today, moving up in the social class has been easier than twentieth century, but people have to work hard to achieve this. Also, people needs to be educated and different socioeconomic background to achieve American