Vile Bodies reinforces this gap, present in the Great Gatsby through this imagery, and highlights what was a key social issue during the 1920s, and is still noticeable today. ... " Through this, Fitzgerald suggests that society was all about status. ... In Vile Bodies, love is also something that has gradually been corrupted by wealth and status. ... The quick transition between partners shows how the wealthy were only concerned with their own wealth and status. ... Taylor writes how Vile Bodies shows "the perils of involvement with people beyond one's social and moral...

• Word Count: 1663
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Following the recession of 1921-1922, the nations economy grew spectacularly, which led a new age of consumerism and materialism as one newspaper announced, "The first responsibility of an American to his country is no longer that of a citizen, but of a consumer. " During the 1920's the perception of the American Dream was that an individual could achieve success in life regardless of family history or social status if they only work hard enough, yet the families with old wealth belittled those with new wealth who rose to riches and this created a large social class division. ... These ...

• Word Count: 1603
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Fitzgerald, as a member of "the lost generation", publish his The Great Gatsby in 1925 and confirmed his status as a chronicler and poet laureate in the jazz age. ... However, what makes Fitzgerald great is by no means the "author's voice" in the work, but his marvelous wit to symbolically fuse the individual with the outer-world and the personal emotions with social environment. ... House is the symbol of material wealth and individual status, however, Gatsby's house which was "a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville" suggests that Gatsby, the man who had achieved instant richnes...

• Word Count: 1437
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gatsby's life is much like the American Dream, in that, America in the 1920s had become a place where nothing could be attained and attempting to transcend ones social status was futile. ... Though Gatsby is fabulously wealthy, he is still regarded as socially inferior as part of the nouveau riche West Egg. ...

• Word Count: 1786
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Identity is expressed from many different channels within F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The word identity is defined as the set of personal and behavioural characteristics which define an individual as a member of a certain group. Based on race, ethnicity, religion, language and culture peo...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate