Literary Analysis of Great Gastby

Name: University: Course: Tutor: Political and social issues in Great Gatsby The novel, Great Gastby shades light to the observed flaws experienced in true life positioned in the middle of the rich people in the society, educated group with a lot of time for leisure activities and people who are not concerned about the other category of people who do not belong to their social class. The low class characters search for and desire the standard of living and glamour of the wealthy ones who are the elite in the society. For example, with the analysis of social issues in this novel is the protagonist, Jay Gatsby, who has the American dream of corruptness to gain wealth so that he may use his richness to win Daisy who he is in love with for a long time (Barret, 190). Therefore, Gatsby believes that he should have acquired a mansion to be secure to win her love. He earns his money from bootlegging business dealings in the hope he will be taken again by Daisy. To impress her, he throws out parties for even strangers after which Daisy is disguised by the parties thrown in her favor .Gatsby desire to become a renowned person is crushed by Tom. Tom who is a famous football celebrity at Yale University comes from a wealthy Chicago family, he supposes that he is intellectual and is the husband of Daisy. Tom represents the class of people born wealth and are referred as old money, and they do not work hard since they already have enough and are placed at the upper class in the society. Despite Daisy being dismayed after finding how Gatsby had obtained his wealth, Gatsby does not give up, though he becomes lonely and sad person living in a luxurious house in West Egg (Fitzgerald, 12). We find that the two places West Egg and East Egg are differentiated by social class; West Egg represents the rich and the elite while East Egg is for the low class who come with the new money (Canterbery, 304). Though, in this novel, wealth alone does not determine the class one belongs to. Therefore, Gatsby cannot forge education and other social characteristics associated with old money, and hence he cannot be fully a division of the upper class even though he buys a house there, therefore, people in West Egg look down on the East Eggers. In this case, Daisy who is originally from the West Egg rejects Gatsby five years before since he is not wealthy enough and she is used to a luxurious lifestyle that he cannot afford. Surprisingly enough, she shows interest in him when Gatsby begins to be wealthier (Fitzgerald, 14). Daisy might be seen as a ticket for Gatsby to the upper class and he lusts for her lifestyle that she represents. This is why instead of him going to speak his heart feelings to her about the love for Daisy; he just throws wild parties to impress her. Wilson’s wife, Myrtle, is from a middle class family and also is envious of wealth and she is sad that her husband George had rented his wedding outfit during their wedding. Tom tries to bribe her with fancy gifts as they start to have an affair. It is the desire to associate with the elite kind like Tom that Myrtle leaves his husband who is a dilapidated gas station operator and therefore a low class in that matter . The characters as demonstrated in this novel exist for wealth, and money is in con...