Great Gatsby Essay

There are many things that we observe through social occurrences which cause us to make judgements about a particular person or group of people. Correspondingly, these things we observe also reveal to us the values held by these people. This particular idea is represented well in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Glamour and lavish surroundings influence the peoples goals and desires and contribute to their materialistic and socially prominent ideals. This …

…of other people and passing judgements on to them based upon the choices that they make. Whether it is peoples actions in the midst of glamour, their attendance in ones time of need, or their choice between true love or money, all of these social events reveal the values held by the people. If a group of people wish to obtain a set of values they will then mirror those desires in their social actions.