Through class, creed, and gender, Nick Carraway, narrator of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is alienated by society, revealing its values and assumptions.

Nick Carraway is separated in society due to his class since society is composed of social classes, defined in part by its inhabitants. Carraway's neighbor, Gatsby, lives in a mansion described as ."..a colossal affair by any standard... with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forth acres of lawn and garden." while Carraway's home "was an eyesore." Carraway lived in West Egg, the less fashionable of the two...at the very tip of the egg...squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season." Society judges Carraway because of his home. He is also alienated by his social standing...