High Society in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitgerald.

"High society" - the upper class has always been viewed by those in and around it as a place of false appearances and sugar coated deceptions. F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" supports and illustrates this notion. The focus of "The Great Gatsby" is North Eastern wealth, specifically, that of Tom and Daisy Buchanan. A passage describing the Buchanan's friend Jordan Baker's drunken state is a perfect symbol for their own situation: "... Miss Baker's lips fluttered, she nodded at me almost imperceptibly." (13). Much like Miss Baker's own faux composure, Tom and Daisy struggle to maint…