The Great Gatsby

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Daisy and Tom. To criticize the wealthy, he describes them as vulgar people with a lack of manners and poor taste. Gatsby especially, has an overly large house with far too many parties and poor fashion taste. He also has no proper social etiquette. Daisy and Tom on the other hand, are described as people with great taste, subtle with material possessions, and have grace and etiquette.

Fitzgerald makes use of his character Nick to express his opinions on the aristocracy, while the other characters are examples of people he wishes to tell his opinions and beliefs to. Nick, being someone who was taught to work for his money even though raised around money, does not agree with Gatsby’s methods of obtaining money or his lifestyle as a whole. Nick is unappreciative of overly wealthy people who believe they can get everything they desire through money. The same could be said Fitzgerald’s actual opinion on the aristocracy. While not liking how much Gatsby cares about material possessions, parties, and popularity, Nick still finds himself liking Gatsby’s determination and hope.

It was clear that Fitzgerald managed to get his true purpose of the book across the reader. He explained how because of the need for the wealthy to have an excessive amount of money and material possessions, the original feelings of the American dream began to crumble around the characters. He heavily criticized the upper class because of its empty desire for wealth. Through his characters, Fitzgerald could convey his own thoughts and opinions about the decade.