What role does prejudice play in your book?-Shayla McFarland

          Nick has used prejudiced language at times, most likely without even knowing it. The word prejudice comes with a negative connotation when it could simply come from someone naïve or misinformed. I notice it most in The Great Gatsby when Nick talks about the place he lives, or more specifically, who he lives around.

          When describing his house, the narrator, Nick, says, “I lived at West Egg, the – well, the least fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them” (Fitzgerald 14). He goes on to describe the lavish houses of his neighbors, and those of East Egg. Although he only knows his cousin Daisy, and her husband Tom, he assumes everyone living around him are millionaires who live luxurious lives, and throw fantastic parties. An example, Gatsby, whom Nick assumes is mysterious and throws parties to show off, but later meets for himself, and learns more about. So for now, I’d say stereotypes are very present in The Great Gatsby, but Nick could change his views.