Motifs

“The Great Gatsby” by F Scott Fitzgerald features a variety of motifs which help to express the messages of the novel. These include the motifs of social class, lies, and wealth.

Social class

The motif of social class runs through “The Great Gatsby”. Tom and Daisy Buchanan belong to the aristocratic upper classes, whose wealth is inherited and who live in fashionable East Egg. Gatsby, on the other hand, might be hugely wealthy, but he is still looked down on by the Buchanans and other members of the aristocracy because he comes from working class stock and ...