Significant Quote
"....this party had preserved a dignified homogeneity and assumed to itself the function of representing the staid nobility of the country-side - East Egg condescending to West Egg, and carefully on guard against its spectroscopic gayety"
Jay Gatsby, the protagonist, is able to attain a certain amount of wealth, but he cannot fake education or social behaviors that only come with "old money."
Jay Gatsby, the protagonist, is able to attain a certain amount of wealth, but he cannot fake education or social behaviors that only come with "old money."