Living rich, living poor, and living life in between. During the 1920’s life in New York was booming, unemployment rates were low, partying was high, families were happy. After World War II people were happy getting to see loved ones who had gone to fight. People partied all the time, constantly, weekly. Life in New York during the 1920’s was always exciting if you knew the right people. The Great Gatsby has three social classes the upper class represented as old money, the middle class represented as new money, and the lower class represented as the working class. In the story Daisy and Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker represent the upper class. Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby represent the middle class, and Myrtle and George Wilson represent the lower class.
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there is partying every weekend, but it is only the rich people of West and East Egg that attend these parties. Jay Gatsby threw parties every saturday, the people came from all over. People of the upper and middle class could go although,
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“Do you like it?” “I love it, but I don't see how you live here all alone.” “I keep it full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things. Celebrated people.” (Fitzgerald 90) Gatsby of the middle class and Daisy of the upper class are talking about how large and beautiful Gatsby's home is. Gatsby is glad that she is impressed because he built the house for her. He wants to win her back because he still loves her. He uses his wealth to try and woo Daisy back into his life and make her fall for him again. Because she is materialistic and wants to be with someone wealthy.
Jay Gatsby is living the American Dream. The American Dream is the idea that with hard work a person can go from rags to riches. He went from working for a millionaire in North Dakota to being the millionaire with the huge mansion. He did this to try to win the love of his life back, Daisy