Do you want to be rich? Live in a big mansion; Do you have a lot of luxury cars and expensive jewelry? Well, unless you were born rich, keep dreaming. This is what is predicted in Great Gatsby. The book clearly shows that the American dream or being a "nothing person" and a self-made man does not exist. You are who you were born with, and trying to change classes will only lead to tragedy. Your class defines who you are, and changing your class will ultimately cause you to change yourself. The class you belong to can ultimately decide what kind of person you are. This is a rather harsh image of American society and life, for those who lived through the First World War; it would have been very hard indeed. In the book, money affects characters and groups of characters in major ways. You might think that the upper class would be unified because they all have significant wealth. However, in the book there are two different types of rich people. There are two towns separated by the Valley of Ashes, called East Egg and West Egg. First, there are people like the Buchanans and Jordan Baker who were born into wealth. Their families have had money for many generations; that’s why they’re called “old money.” In the book, the "old money" people don't need to work and they spend their time having fun with whatever they please. They were well educated at Ivy League colleges such as Yale. These people live in East Egg. Daisy, Tom, Jordan and the social class they represent are the highest group of the upper class, looking down on other wealthy people like Gatsby, based not so much on how much money he has, but where from comes that money and when it was acquired For the "old money" people the fact...... middle of paper ....... Here Jordan Baker looks like he's not even trying to do it. hide his contempt for the “other” Egg. Jordan, like the Buchanans, comes from "old money", and she only knows one person who lives in West Egg. Daisy doesn't know a single person in West Egg. so close, but they seem like different worlds. There are many examples in the book that show how class determines people's lives. Another is that Gatsby and Daisy never end up being together. Daisy has been the love of Gatsby's life since he was young. And ultimately, it is the class difference that separates Gatsby and Daisy and keeps her tied to her relationship with her husband, who is of the same class as her. This tragedy and many others in the book show how class difference can change who you are, how you act, and how your life is lived.