West Egg In The Great Gatsby

In the world of The Great Gatsby, status and reputation are everything. There are two main social classes in the upper echelons of society: old money and new money. These are divided both by social norms and geographically. For instance, Daisy Buchanan, who is old money, lives in sophisticated and refined East Egg with her husband. Of their adolescence together, Daisy’s friend, Jordan Baker, remembers that, “The largest of the banners and the largest of the lawns belonged to Daisy Fay’s house. She was just eighteen, two years older than me, and by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville. She dressed in white, and had a little white roadster..,” suggesting that Daisy enjoyed a privileged childhood (74). Her family is wealthy, and it has been well to do for quite some time.

In The Great Gatsby, there were primarily three different social classes of the 1920s portrayed in the book. Each was created through the events of the era and was surrounded by its own social and moral climates. One class that existed was “old money”, which were families that lived in the East Egg that and had acquired their fortunes as early

In the period of the 1920’s, there was a certain status of wealth that was difficult to achieve. There were two societal classes consisting of those with wealth from prior generations, and those who worked to earn it themselves. Tom, Daisy, and Nick, who represented the old money society did not have to work hard, unlike Gatsby which he represented the new money and they had to work to earn money. People like Gatsby, who gained their wealth on their own often fought for the approval from the upper class who inherited their wealth. Rather than having new money and old money, people who tried achieving the American Dream and ended up in failure usually they end up like George and Myrtle Wilson In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the notion that social norms in the upper class depict the idea that being apart of it was impossible unless they were born in it was expressed through Daisy’s rejection of Gatsby because of the corrupt way in which he gained his wealth, making his American Dream unattainable.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel that has a large focus on the ideas of the American Dream and social class in the 1920s. In the novel, the people of West Egg and East Egg are people of the upper who have earned money either through inheritance or working hard and have had many opportunities to make their American Dream a reality. The people of the Valley of Ashes are people of lower class who have little to no money and have to work all their lives to make ends meet. Even though both social classes strive for the same thing, The American Dream, neither of them will ever truly achieve it. Fitzgerald uses a vast contrast in the settings of East Egg, West Egg, and

Many different factors can influence a person’s profession, character, and everyday decisions. Two of these factors include the people they surround themselves with and where they live. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters are greatly affected by the environment in which they live. The novel’s four locations - East Egg, West Egg, the Valley of Ashes, and New York City - directly relate to the residents’ social status, lifestyle, and personality.

In his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the dichotomy of the established upper class of the East and the nouveau riche from the Midwest with the two areas of East Egg and West Egg. The novel's characters were obsessed by class and privilege. One reason Tom and Daisy would be considered part of the wealthy class would be because of his parents. Tom and “his family were enormously wealthy” (6). Tom came from a wealthy, established family, and was a much-feared football player while at Yale. The wealthy class includes those high society families who have been rich for generations. These extremely wealthy people live off the income from their inherited riches. Another reason Tom and Daisy would be considered an example of the

The realization of a person’s dreams may be the threshold between the falsehood and reality of them. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he shows the difference between the west and east eggs and the dreams the residents have. Dreams are complex illusions that give a falsity in life so that people can escape into their fantasies or paradises.

It is home to people such as Tom and Daisy Buchanan who represent “old money,” which has been in their families for generations. Fitzgerald creates the illusion that those who live in East Egg are the height of society and live the ideal life (Eble). Their reluctance to attend Gatsby’s “heathenous” parties and strong dislike of East Egg’s occupants reveal this faulty view. “They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together” (Fitzgerald 6). People of lower statuses can never achieve the prestige of those who live in East Egg because they lack the required social breeding (Verderame “Social Class”). As a result, West Eggers often look down on others for not having as much money and causes separation between people like Daisy and Gatsby for no other reason than Gatsby not being raised in the same lavish environment. East Egg also represents eastern America, symbolizing the transition of wealth and power from the western frontier to the city

Rich and wealthy people, throughout the novel, seem to spend their time drawing subtle distinctions between the various kinds of wealth, not just between classes but within each other. This is where Fitzgerald splits the two main types of wealth within the novel: the East Egg and the West Egg. Gatsby and Nick are both residents of West Egg, one of the two wealthy parts of New York. As Nick explains about living in West Egg he describes it as “the less fashionable of the two” in order to distinguish “the bizarre” and “little sinister contrast between them”. He goes on to focus on Gatsby house in particular in the area, as he observes it as a “colossal affair by any standard” and just a “factual imitation” (Fitzgerald 5).

The captivating author Fitzgerald reveals evidence that societal status is important in The Great Gatsby. Wealth alone does not determine the class to which one belongs. However, ones distinctive class is determined by the basis of that wealth, for example old money, new money, and no money. West egg, which was the new money was where Nick moved, seeking to become a “well-rounded man” (Nick, chap. 1). West egg were the perpetrators because they had to work for superiority. Society and class alone made those in east egg arrogant because their money was considered old money. For instance, Tom Buchanan was judgmental and superficial due to his money, but really he was just blessed with generations of privileges (nick, chp.1). In The Great Gatsby societal status is important to the ones who

In the book,“The Great Gatsby” by F Scott Fitzgerald is about a group of people set in Long Island. The main characters of this book is Nick,Tom,Daisy,Myrtle,George,and Jordan. However they appear in multiple area 's except for The Valley of Ashes to where all the poor people live. For the most part however it is briefly set between East Egg and West Egg. East Egg is to where all the more older and classy,rich people live while West Egg is for the more new rich people that haven 't completely gotten used to being rich and famous so they have not completely adjusted to the rich life and the way rich people are supposed to work and speak.

From the beginning of the book, society and class were focused on. The differences between West Egg and East Egg were made very apparent. It was clear that there was an important contrast between those that had “new money”, having acquired their wealth through hard work, and those that had “old money”, coming from a wealthy background. When Nick has lunch with Tom, Daisy, and Jordan, it can be seen that they all have lives very unlike his own.

In the story, there is a distinction between West Egg, where Long Island is located, and East Egg on the other side. The people who live in West Egg are considered to be the recently developed wealthy individuals. Moreover, separated by a long river, on the other side is East Egg where people made of generations of wealth live. However, Fitzgerald tells us, in Nicks point of view, directly that East Egg is the wealthier, more elite of the two. Despite all his money, Gatsby lives in West Egg, suggesting that he has not been able to complete his transformation into a member of the social upper class society. Tom and Daisy are apart of the East Egg society being an example of a typical couple living there being overindulged. We learn that Daisy being a mother is not responsible or mature for her age. She introduces her daughter to her friends for a few minutes and then claims “ momma wanted to show you off.” This shows that Daisy being an East sider has taken a lot for granted, she has a nurse to take care of the daughter instead of being a mother herself. The distance that separates Gatsby from Daisy lies across the span of water between their houses – the very distance between West Egg and East Egg, representing a barrier between the two lovers.

The great Gatsby was written in 1925 by Scott Fitzgerald. Throughout the story a prominent theme presented is social class. Three types of social class that were portrayed were the lower - middle class, the lower - upper class, and the upper - upper class. These social classes were not only depicted through characters and social norms but also locations. Such as the East egg, West Egg, and the Valley of the Ashes. East Egg is the upper - upper class, West Egg represents the lower - upper class, and the Valley of the Ashes symbolizes the lower - middle class. This allowed the author to use the similarities but mainly the differences between the various location’s representation of class, characters, and social norms to depict his theme of social class and the segregation between all three.

The settings and backdrops in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are essential elements to the formation of the characters, symbolic imagery and the overall plot development. Fitzgerald uses East and West Egg communities to portray two separate worlds and two classes of people that are technically the same their status, but fundamentally different in their ideals. The physical geography of the settings is representative of the distance between classes of the East and West Eggers. Every setting connotes a different tone and enhances the imagery of story line. From the wealthy class of the "eggs", the desolate "valley of ashes", to the chaos of Manhattan. The imagery provided by Fitzgerald becomes an important