Where you live on Long Island determines if you're from a respectable family or not.
Friends/lovers
Romantically Involved
Friends (depending where you are in the book)
Married
Friends/Neighbors
This is where people live whose families have been wealthy for many generations
This is where all the low class and poor people lived
Hate Each Other
Having an Affair
Having an Affair
This is where newly rich people live in New York
If you're from a respectable family your expected act formal and respectable at all times. Whereas people who aren't don't have these expectations.
Married
Lovers
Old Friends/Lovers

The Great Gatsby Theme:
Society and Class

Reputation

Affects on relationships

Barrier Created

There are three social classes in the book.
Because of this it makes relationships between
the classes difficult. It was considered taboo
for someone from a social class marry someone
from a different one.

Expectations

When you have a reputation in society that you like you'll do almost anything to maintain it. This is in reference to how even if Mr. Gatsby and Daisy did get back together it would have disastrous repercussions on their reputation. Daisy would have to get divorced and that is looked down upon severely in the 1920s.

Importance

Respectable Family

A respectable family is a family that has a good reputation in society and legitimacy because of how long they have lived they and acted during that time. For example Tom and Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker all come from respectable families.

Normal family

A normal family means that they didn’t inherit any money or social standing from their family. They have to make their own standing and develop their own reputation. A good example of this is Mr. Gatsby

Location

Long Island

West Egg

East Egg

Downtown New York City

Back West

In the book "MOVED BACK WEST".

Relationships

Friendship

Mr. Gatsby

Nick Carraway

Daisy Buchanan

Jordan Baker

George Wilson

Tom Buchanan

Love

Nick Carraway

Jordan Baker

George Wilson

Daisy Buchanan

Myrtle Wilson

Mr. Gatsby

Tom Buchanan

Money

Blue Collar Worker

Old Money

New Money