Social status in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3 Articles

by Kerry Wood

The Great Gatsby's main characters fall into distinct social categories. The "aristocracy" are the inhabitants of fashionable East Egg; the nouveaux riches reside in West Egg; and the lower class are associated with the Va...read more

by Rachel Stockton

Social standing and the lack of ultimate meaning thereof is a central theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY. Nick Carraway, the book's insightful narrator, is both repulsed and drawn to the "carnivalesque" lifes...read more

by Sumantha Dutta

In The Great Gatsby' social status is an extremely significant element as it distinguishes geographical locations in the novel but more importantly, portrays the mentalities of people belonging to different social class' w...read more