Better know a social climber: Jay Gatsby
Name: Jay Gatsby
Origins: Midwestern
Calling Cards: Beautiful shirts, nefariously gained wealth, obsession with adolescent love, mint juleps, heightened sensitivity to the promises of life
Bête Noire: Princeton polo players; green light at the end of the dock; swimming pools
Social Climbing Coup de Grâce: Casually mentioning time spent at Oxford
