What Does The House Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

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In the Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is mostly known for his wealth, and with his wealth comes his home, a mansion so large and obnoxious that people would mistake it a castle. This house symbolizes many things in the Great Gatsby such as Gatsby’s strive for Daisy's love, Jay Gatsby’s display of unneeded money, and social class. The mansion is mentioned many times throughout the book, described as a very grand place, where parties took place all throughout the night. The house symbolizes Gatsby's need to impress his “one true love” to come back to him. The house is a symbol of how Gatsby would provide for Daisy, showing off his lavish lifestyle is his way of gaining Daisy's attention. The house is also significant because Gatsby has it situated …show more content…

Gatsby’s home is also a display of unneeded money, and his tendency to show off how much he has. The mansion is the epitome of wealth, with a tower, large swimming pool, and huge lawn, Gataby’s house tells people that he has more money than he could ever need and that he should be highly appreciated because of it. In the 1920’s, just after WWI, many people were getting money because of the economic boom, and because Gatsby wasn’t considered to have old money, he had to build his mansion on the West Egg made for people with new money. Building his house in the West Egg made him sound like he wouldn’t be considered upper class, so he built his house larger than any other home on the island, so the elite living across the lake can see how much money he has because of how obnoxious his mansion is. The mansion is a symbol of social class, and the major difference between upper class and lower class. In the book Nick Carraway describes Gatsby’s house as an imitation of a Hotel de Ville in Normandy, and described his house as a small place squeezed between two colossal affairs costing eighty dollars a month while the other costs about fifteen thousand dollars a

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