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Obsession With Social Status In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Tom and Gatsby share an obsession with their social status, which can be concluded through the text. For example, Tom Buchanan states, “She is not leaving me, certainly not for a common swindler.” He indulges regularly in boasting about his family's wealth and status, using this as an opportunity to demean others. Jay Gatsby hosts extravagant parties, attended by people of the high class. He does this in hopes of “fitting in” with the higher social classes. However, Gatsby's main focus with these parties didn’t lie with social status all the time, and instead with Daisy hopefully attending one day. Nick states that “He looked at her the way all women want to be looked at by a man.” Gatsby loves Daisy an unhealthy amount, having his whole life
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