Prejudice Luke Knollinger

     Currently in the book I believe there is prejudices toward the main wealthy characters in this book, such as Tom and Jay.  These are not negative connotations, but they are stereotypical as to who people with money were back in those days.  Throughout the novel, there are some hints of stereotypical actions from these wealthy people.  Let's start off with Jay Gatsby, he has a great mansion, extravagant clothes (so many, he can throw a pile of shirts on Daisy),  Butlers,  Parties, and of course, everyone seems to know him.  Nick describes his closets like, "he opened for us two hulking patent cabinets which held his massed suits and dressing gowns and ties, and his shirts, piled like bricks in stacks a dozen high" (Fitzgerald 92).  As for Tom, he also has a great mansion, butlers, and has connections.  He differs by his background has always been wealthy, it is more distinct, and does not have any gaps in his past.  He does have a mistress, and has a very abrasive attitude.  According to Nick, "Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner" (Fitzgerald 7).  As noticed Both are minutely stereotyped in the novel thus far and will most definitely continue in the future.