He says there a bad crowd referring to that Gatsby is better than them In the sense that he is not stuck up like them
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the passage shows that pardoners were officially authorized by the church</span>
Iambic pentameter follows an abababab rhythmic pattern.
Example:
"What light through yonder window breaks?"
See how the rhythm sounds when you read that sentence:
what light (ab) through yon - (ab) der win- (ab) dow breaks?