What is Fitzgerald really saying here? What is he assuming about the rich and poor? Are rich and poor defined differently? That is, is it even possible to cross class boundaries and still fit in? Then, discuss whether the essence of this quote comes through in the first two chapters of Gatsby.
Answer the questions below: Focus on this gem of a quote from a 1938 letter written by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “That was always my experience—a poor boy in a rich town; a poor boy in a rich boy’s school; a poor boy in a rich man’s club at Princeton. … However, have never been able […]