Gatsby tries to show Nick the elegance of money and the swiftness of his rich life. In the passage, Gatsby tries to demonstrate success in his meaningless party to the unsuspecting narrator, Nick Carraway. Therefore, the passage shows the contrast between the life led by the two men despite having closed paths in other different avenues in life and Fitzgerald use of figurative language. Thus, Fitzgerald is successful in portraying the social stratification in the elegance of priorities given when one has the money. The purpose of this work is to show the contrast of life between the rich and the less fortunate in life. Gatsby perceives he is equitable to God and can get anything he wants because of his wealth status. In his writing, Fitzgerald demonstrates the difference in social stratification between the host, Gatsby, and the guest, Nick. The text is written as a narration told by Nick Carraway, new in the neighborhood and lives next door to the rich Jay Gatsby signifying the difference between their social classes. Scott Fitzgerald is a love story narrated shortly after 1922 to signify the historical American times after the First World War. The novel "The Great Gatsby" written by F.
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