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Prejudice And Similarities Between Elizabeth And The Great Gatsby

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their house with a muddy dress, not living up to their standards. As soon as she leaves the room, “Miss Bingley [of the upper class] began abusing her as soon as she was out of the room. Her [Elizabeth] manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence; she had no conversation, no style, no beauty. (Austen, 35). This just proves that the upper class in both novels had their own standards and grew up to believe that their way was the right way and anything the poor said or did was there to entertain them. Class is a reoccurring theme in both novels, as is judgment. Prejudice occurs frequently in both novels. This is where characters in both novels give a judgment that is based on their personal opinion without knowing the facts. Prejudice is represented by the protagonist in both novels. In The Great Gatsby Nick is an observer often judging others. He does this when he judges Gatsby. He says, “…I disapproved of him from beginning to end.” (Fitzgerald, 154) “Gatsby… represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn.” (Fitzgerald, 2) Elizabeth is another observer who does the same. She does this when she gives a …show more content…

She says, “From the very beginning—from the first moment…of my acquaintance with you [Mr. Darcy], your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike...” (Austen, 201)

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