Class in gatsby and Atonement
- Created by: Liam Heath
- Created on: 01-12-15 11:30
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- Class
- Great Gatsby
- Jay Gatsby
- Previously from lower class
- Sees Dan Cody as his idol
- His mentor who offers Gatsby opportunities to move to a higher class
- His parents were poor farm people
- Sees Dan Cody as his idol
- Previously from lower class
- Daisy Buchannan
- Conforms to societies expectations
- Marries Tom Buchannan due to Tom's welath and status
- Obsessed with class
- "Made an attempt to rise"
- Has people to help her with everything
- "Made an attempt to rise"
- Conforms to societies expectations
- George Wilson
- Feels inferior to Tom due to his lower social staus
- Allows Tom to treat him horribly and manipulate him
- Works in 'Valley of the Ashes'
- Shows the huge class divide in New York in the 20's
- Feels inferior to Tom due to his lower social staus
- Jay Gatsby
- Atonement
- Paul Marshall
- Much like Tom uses his status, reputation and background to manipulate and take advantage
- never truly initially suspected for the **** of Lola
- Much like Tom uses his status, reputation and background to manipulate and take advantage
- Cecilia Tallis
- Example of social mobility
- During the war Cecilia, from the upper class, becomes a nurse
- Class dominates her relationship early on with Robbie
- Ran circles around each other at Uni to avoid one another
- Example of social mobility
- Robbie Turner
- Brought up with the Tallis children
- Has had a helping hand through life
- Sense of Patronage
- His mentor who offers Gatsby opportunities to move to a higher class
- Sense of Patronage
- Has had a helping hand through life
- Brought up with the Tallis children
- Paul Marshall
- Great Gatsby
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