Similarities Between Mad Men And The Great Gatsby

Social Status Corruption What would you consider your class to be: lower, middle or higher? What makes a class high, middle, or low? In a book called The Great Gatsby, a show called Mad Men, and an article called Blue Collar Brilliance, all in the olden days, each proves the way America has a class ranking and pending on your rank could mean you have a great life or a terrible one. In The Great Gatsby, the higher class or rich people, has it all but how did they get there? We know Jay Gatsby cheated his way up by investing in illegal activities. The rest of the people in high class could have gotten there the same way or were born rich or achieved their wealth by labor. In Mad Men, Don Draper cheated his way too. Even though he works hard everyday for a business to keep this wealth, he once switched identities with a dead man. In Blue Collar Brilliance, the lower class, or some could say middle class, had what they needed. They worked because they had to. The lower class people had something the higher class did not: happiness. Since they had

Jay Gatsby is the highest class possible. He has it all, from the car to the mansion. He was a very smart man, but used his intelligence to gain wealth and fame. Social status/class is very important in this book to many people, including Jay Gatsby because they feel like in order to be something or be known, you have to have tons of wealth. In Mad Men, social status/class is important only for certain people, those who are in it for the money. In Blue Collar Brilliance, social status/class means nothing to them because they are happy with what they are doing. Even though the importance varies, we can make the conclusion that intelligence is what matters the most. Each story uses it, whether it is for money or for a company, they all use their brain according to their different