The snatches of dialogue that Nick selects are extremely effective in displaying how America's upper class determined a person's value by their social status. ... Like a balloon, these women have little substance aside from their wealth, the white of their clothing raises them to an unattainable angelic status while theor dresses fluttered like a butterfly- fickle and temporary. ...

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