<p>For my AP Lang class, we have to write an essay about an argument that F. Scott Fitzgerald makes in the novel Great Gatsby. I chose to argue about how Gatsby portrays the upper class.</p>
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<p>From the development of the American nation to todays conflict between the 99% and 1%, the debate about class has maintained its ubiquitous relevance in American society. In contemporary society, the debate about class continues in a struggle between the lower and upper classes. The general view of the American lower and working classes displays a general resentment toward the upper class, especially towards the careless bankers of Wall Street and the supercilious politicians in D.C. The rigidity of change in the American economy and the government, however, suggests that the wealthy class maintains a superior role to the lower class. In F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, a young Midwest journeyman, provides a closer look into the upper class in his journey through West Egg and East Egg. Fitzgerald illustrates how the wealthy class maintains nonchalance and insulation in their luxurious lifestyles through Carraways observations about the wealthy people who surround him. Fitzgerald then exposes this indifference, arguing that the rich are not as they appear, as they build up problems as a direct result of their carelessness, and leave the lower class to clean up their mess. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald argues that wealth does not play an important role in American society, as the wealthy use their power and prestige to encumber and hinder the classes below them.</p>