Social status is the underlying concept in the book The Great Gatsby. The narrator, Nick always wanted to have a high social status. This is the reason for his biased view of the rich people.
When he had to move to New York to do a course on bond business, he chooses to stay in an area where socially rich people stay. The area is the West Egg and it is just opposite the sea. On the West Egg's opposite side, the East Egg is situated. Though he can not afford high cost of rents there, he somehow adjusts himself into a moderate looking house in the same area. Two mansions are situated on either side of his houe. He feels intrigued by the person in his neighborhood who throws lavish parties every weekend. Being naturally interested in such people, he obviously finds this person very interesting. He comes to know that the person's name is Jay Gatsby who is very rich and who throw open parties every weekend at his residence.
Meanwhile he meets his cousin who stays in the East Egg. She, Daisy stays with her husband, Tom and their relationship doesn't seem to be very smooth to Nick. He meets Jordan there and gets attracted towards her. He comes to know from Jordan about Tom's mistress. Tom himself tells Nick about Myrtle, his mistress at one point later in the book. This woman Myrle is married to a guy named George who has complete faith in her.
One day Nick receives an invitation for a party at Gatsby's residence. He feels very happy and hopes that he could meet Gatsby there. Jordan too comes to the party and both of them meet a young and friendly guy there and they instantly gel with each other. Nick and Jordan feels shocked when they know that the man they spoke to is Gatsby as they thought Gatsby would be an old and not so friendly person. From here a friendship starts between Gatsby and Nick and Nick really enjoys it.
Later Nick comes to know that Gatsby loves DAisy and arranges for their meeting. A love affair starts between the two. Tom gets angry over Daisy's friendship with Gatsby and confronts them. Soon an accident happens and Myrtle gets killed in this accident. Though initially Gatsby says that it is he who did the accident, we later get to know that Daisy is the real culprit, though it was not intentional. Meanwhile, Myrtle's husband, George finds out about her affair and thinks that Gatsby is her lover. Furiously he comes to Gatsby's place and kills him.
All these incidents that happened during his stay at the West Egg makes the narrator, Nick feel disgusted about Gatsby and the people around him. He feels disgusted by this high social culture. The strange thing is that Nick gets disgusted by the samething which he loved earlier which is high social status.
