The Ritz Diamond

Fitzgerald makes fun of youth, wealth, and religion by doing the extreme. Either he hides the idea or he over exaggerates the idea to the point where it sounds impossible. Religion was hidden while youth and wealth were overly exaggerated. Fish was an allusion for Jesus and the twelve people were the apostles. The over exaggeration of the diamond makes the rich kids seem greedy because even though they live on top of a diamond mountain, they still want more money. John and Percy's actions were meant to show how spoiled and pampered rich white kids are. The reason I think they're white is because they Percy owns slaves and during that time period most rich people were white.