1. Themes of The Great Gatsby
... poor are the only social classes; there is no middle class in existence. The rich are greedy and think they are the best, the rich women seemed to float in thin air, as though they " were buoyed up upon an anchored balloon" (Gatsby 12). The poor stay poor because the rich are greedy and make it hard for the poor to attain ... sell alcohol illegally. Gatsby once killed a man who he found " was nephew to von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil. Reach me a rose, honey, and pour me a last drop into that there crystal glass" (Gatsby 65). How ironic, he has the nerve to kill a man who f...
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- Grade Level: High School