Daisy's Distaste For The Rich In The Great Gatsby

“Rich” is found to be a word often used to express someone as wealthy. However, for F. Scott Fitzgerald, this is not the only characteristic that he uses to address the upper class. Fitzgerald reveals his opinions of the upper class through imagery in the novel, The Great Gatsby. His own opinions concerning the beautiful and wicked side of the East Egg and West Egg are revealed through the judgment he includes in the novel. Fitzgerald ultimately reveals his distaste for the rich as they are careless, extravagant, and materialistic.
Fitzgerald reveals his opinion of the upper class as being careless due to their self-absorption. As Nick is putting together Gatsby’s funeral, Daisy is absent, “[he] called up Daisy half an hour after [they] found

Gatsby’s house is one that is never unnoticed. Nick describes it as, “The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard–it was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby’s mansion.” (Fitzgerald 11). Nick is taken back by the size of Gatsby’s house compared to his because of how desirably colossal his mansion is. The house is known for being the party house and is used to obtain an extravagant reputation. Fitzgerald communicates his distasteful opinion of the upper class when showcasing Gatsby's house as too obnoxious, which is deemed to be unnecessary. Nick admires Gatsby for how hard he chases after Daisy. But when Gatsby buys thousands of flowers to display in Nick’ home, he grows annoyed. As Nick looks around at the mass amount of flowers, he thinks, “The flowers were unnecessary, for at two o’clock a greenhouse arrived from Gatsby’s, with innumerable receptacles to contain it.” (Fitzgerald 81). Gatsby cannot fully express his feelings towards Daisy, because of all the time that passes. Instead of upholding a conversation with Daisy first, he showcases flowers to charm her. The need for using objects to persuade Daisy’s opinion of him comes from how extravagant his life is. Gatsby uses his extravagance to guarantee likability. On the contrary, Tom and Daisy can afford to be extravagant because of their privileged life. When Nick hangs out with Tom and Daisy during the summer, and is astonished by their ability to waste their money away. Specifically when Nick points out that, “The notion originated with Daisy’s suggestion that we hire five bathrooms and take cold baths, and then assumed more tangible form as ‘a place to have a mint julep’.” (Fitzgerald 120). The extravagance