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Petitebourgeoisie1 t1_j29y9d4 wrote

For my view , I see Gatsby as being ignorant and naive , at the same time he is also quite arrogant. This makes sense as he is a self-made man. Generally self-made wealthy people will have some level of arrogance because their hardwork brought them wealth and prestige. The problem is that old money families will never see them as equals. He will never be part of the inner circle. Which is why alot of the american nouveau riche families sent their daughters to Europe to marry in to landed and titled gentry.

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Fontane15 t1_j2dnp9w wrote

Yeah, poor Gatsby doesn’t realize that the old elite keep moving the bar and Daisy will never leave her old money husband for a nouveau riche man.

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