... makes during the year that the novel takes place. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes and contrasts the difference between east and west egg, shows the separation of the upper class and provides some insight with the use of symbolism of color. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald ... describes and contrasts the two fictional peninsulas on Long Island known in the novel as east and west egg. Both east and west egg are areas of the upper class. East egg is the richer of the two areas. This is where Tom and Daisy Buchanan, two main characters from the novel ... era i...

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... higher social class but there are many obstacles that tend to stop them. There are places that separate the three social classes. West Egg is where the people that recently came into money live. East Egg is where the people that were born into money live. The Valley of Ashes is where the people that have very little money ... live. The towns of West Egg, East Egg, and The Valley of Ashes separate the physically separate the social classes of The Great Gatsby. One example of the separation of social classes is how Myrtle ... Wilson was in a low social class (Valley of Ashes) but she want...

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... werent invited. People would just leave and return without notice. The newspapers published public notices on these parties, informing the whole community of both West and East Egg. "In his blue garden people came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne." At these parties, Gatsby would show off his five cars, ... shown within another aspect of the American Dream; Rich vs. Poor. Or, to be more specific; West Egg vs. East Egg. East Egg is classed as the "fashionable" side of town with expensive, white palaces while the West Egg is classed as the "less fashionable" sid...

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... he threw many lavishing parties. Gatsby will continually reach for the light because he will never truly reach his goal of the upper class of East Egg because of his nouveau riche standard. Similar to the green light, the eyes of T.J. Eckleberg portray more than one theme but mostly represent the ... world, Fitzgerald brings out the sign as a prominent symbol. Unlike the green light or the eyes of T.J. Eckleberg, the conflict between East and West Egg can not be touched or seen , and its symbolism can only be observed through the thoughts and actions of the characters. As explained by Ni...

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... on appealing to her materialistic mindset, rather than winning her heart in a more traditional and noble manner. Initially, in The Great Gatsby, the symbolism begins with two cities, East Egg and West Egg, which are separated by The Valley of Ashes. Fitzgerald uses the cities and valley to represent three distinct classes of wealth. As the book opens, Nick Carraway, the narrator ... from Gatsby's mansion is Tom and Daisy Buchanan's elaborate architectural masterpiece that they call home. The Buchanan's are the epitome of old money; both are well-known socialites of East Egg. Vastly diff...

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... that he uses to show his idea of the concept in depth is setting. At the beginning of Chapter 2, Nick describes the place that is between West Egg and New York: "This is a valley of ashes- a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes ... , nonetheless, they are still dreaming to achieve it in the long run. In Chapter 1, Nick describes where in New York he lives: "I lived at West Egg, the- well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between the...

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... and class is very important in this novel. It gets in the way of almost every character and his or her dreams. East Egg and West Egg acts as a symbol of this theme. Tom and Daisy live in East Egg, which is far more refined and well bred. They have inherited their money and status so it has always been there and thus ... have no concept of what it is like to work for anything. Nick and Gatsby live in West Egg which is for people who have the money but don't have status to back it up. The green light shines from the East ... goal Daisy who he has worked his whole life for and has already...

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... on a quest for riches by becoming a bootlegger. Once he became rich he went east to Long Island, New York and threw huge parties in order to lure Daisy from East Egg. The people who attended Gatsby's Saturday night parties were a very good representation of the greed in the 1920s. This strident group came to the parties for the alcohol, celebrities, dancing ... denied so vehemently any knowledge of his movements that I snuck off in the direction of the cocktail table--."" The geographical symbolism is also very important in Fitzgerald's depiction. The East Egg represented the "old money...

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... and class is very important in this novel. It gets in the way of almost every character and his or her dreams. East Egg and West Egg acts as a symbol of this theme. Tom and Daisy live in East Egg, which is far more refined and well bred. They have inherited their money and status so it has always been there and thus ... have no concept of what it is like to work for anything. Nick and Gatsby live in West Egg which is for people who have the money but don't have status to back it up. The green light shines from the East ... goal Daisy who he has worked his whole life for and has already...

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... F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel was completed by 1925 and published in 1926. Fitzgerald lived in a community similar to that of careless and materialistic ways of West Egg, so he had the opportunity to witness the homes and lifestyles of the rich, although he himself did not exactly have the "perfect" lifestyle, this making ... . The Great Gatsby was set in the 1920s "The Jazz Age", in the very rich areas of West and East Egg- these two adjacent egg shaped land formations, contrast each other. Both Eggs are rich communities although the way this manifests itself is very different. East ......

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... is an obvious representation of money. Money is what seems to be the foremost object of the lives of the people in the story. The difference between the West Egg and the East Egg is determined by the financial status of the people who live there "the difference between the wanna be's and those who are rich. This is gathered in ... Nick's description of the East Egg and the West Egg: " I lived at West Egg, the "well, the less fashionable of the two . Across the bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water ."" (p. 9-10). As seen with Daisy and Gatsby, the import...

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In Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby People are been divided into two different groups, the West Egg and the East Egg. The people from East Egg are descended from well know families, like the Dukes of Buccleuch. However, the people from East Egg are these who worked themselves from bottom to the top, and are more fashionable and careless. Although the two different groups of ... people are in the same social standard, their different backgrounds prevent them from them pursuing their dreams. The West Egg Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby explores the shift in the American Dream where only ...

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... "The Great Gatsby," Fitzgerald uses the color gold, a symbol of substance and wealth, to symbolize old money. When Nick first arrives at his wealthy cousin, Daisy Buchanan's house in West Egg, he admiringly points out the "line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold"(6). Fitzgerald uses the imagery of windows "glowing with reflected gold" to create ... aforementioned epitome of old money (NSC), to visually demonstrate the distinction of importance between the women. The contrast symbolizes the comparison between new money West Egg and the old money East Egg, as West Egg long...

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... to view the dream as well as society being corrupt in 1920s America. The American Dream is portrayed as corrupt through the use of setting. The divides between East Egg 'old money', West Egg 'new money' and The Valley of the Ashes 'working class' are huge and contrast to the Dream's idea of equality. The upper class or 'old money' group consider ... . When Daisy attends Gatsby's party, she looks down upon the people and the place, simply because she believes being born into money makes her better. "She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented place." This shows how Daisy has a snobbi...

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... " began to collide, which also brought upon unnecessary rivalries between wealthy families. This clash is visible through the separation of the communities of the east egg and the west egg, the west egg being "new money" and the east egg representing the established "old money." One other representation of this in the book is Gatsby's unrequited love for Daisy. His dream is ruined by ... ...

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... created his own vision of a "perfect" life for him and Daisy, but Daisy could not live up to it, because it was a fantasy lifestyle. The water between East and West Egg symbolizes the barrier between Gatsby and Daisy's worlds. The people of that era had an ideal that they would improve their material and spiritual well-being. The material improvement became ... society, such as Tom, Daisy and Gatsby. There was even a class system within the upper class, between the East and West Egg residents. The East Egg residents were people who were born into money, or inherited money, and the West ...

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... because he has come into a large sum of money. Gatsby, however, is oblivious to Daisy's motives for caring about him again. Their residences on the two adjacent peninsulas (East Egg and West Egg) predicted the clash between the two. East Eggers represented the old money or money passed on from at least one generation. West Eggers were the new unclassy money, the ... nouveau riche, whom the East Eggers looked down upon. Of course Gatsby lives on West Egg and Daisy lives across the way on East Egg. Theoretically, these two classes would not associate with each other but Gatsby began havin...

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... avenues in his writing He said "I want something new, something extraordinary but simple " and with this Idea came the Great Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway moved to West Egg to work as a bonds salesman. He was invited by his cousin to have dinner at her house even though they haven't seen each other in years. Nick kicks it off ... , or your childhood directly relate to who you become later on in life. You act like the people you came up with. For example, Tom and Daisy live in East Egg. It is clear that the people here have few moral values, they also are very wealthy so they...

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... others. After his return from War, Nick decides to move to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. He rents a house in the West Egg district of Long Island. One weekend Nick gets together with his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan, a rich man who lives in West ... Egg who is having an affair with a woman named Myrtle, the wife of George Wilson, a Gas Station owner. On this night Nick is introduced to Jordan Baker, a friend of Daisy's and ... an acquaintance of Gatsby Nick's neighbor in West Egg, who lives in a gigantic mansion and throws extravagant par...

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... book. White is a clean and fresh color, but the author shows how it can be tainted as well. Yellow illustrates the downfall of moral standards of the people of West Egg. Green, the most dominant color in the book, symbolizes wealth and Gatsby's impossible dream. To Gatsby, Daisy represents innocence and purity; however, Fitzgerald uses different shades of white to hide ... millionaire describes this perfect princess figure to be "high in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl." On the other hand, Fitzgerald portrays the way of life in West Egg as a wretched place when "four...

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... social classes are much more similar than they are different. We become aware very early on that when thrown into a "party" environment the snobby and reserved people of the East egg, the West eggers, who represent the new generation of wealth, and even the middle and some people of the lower class all act in very similar ways when placed in ... a free flowing setting. When we are first introduced to the East egg we are lead to believe that it is extremely well mannered and represents all that is good as far as old-fashioned values. We quickly come to realize that this ... says "Why" s...

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... while Gatsby was at Oxford. From that moment on, Gatsby dedicated himself to winning Daisy back, and his acquisition of millions of dollars, his purchase of a gaudy mansion on West Egg, and his lavish weekly parties are all merely an attempt to get daisy back. Gatsby has literally created his own character, even changing his name from James Gatz to Jay ... Gatsby just so he can reinvent himself into a respectful rich man. Situated at the end of Daisy's East Egg dock and barely visible from Gatsby's West Egg lawn, the green light represents Gatsby's hopes and dreams for a future with Dai...

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... disrespectable qualities. Although Tom and Gatsby's lives share similarities such as revolving around Daisy's life, they share some very contrasting differences. First of all, Tom Buchanan of East Egg and Gatsby of West Egg shared some similarities that were fundamentally attractive to Daisy. The most obvious similarity was that they were both quite wealthy and had the mansions and possessions to prove ... drifted about restlessly from one thing to another, and even though he had Daisy, he had an affair with Myrtle also. Although he and Daisy said their move to East Egg was a permanent ...

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... his heart beating faster when he kissed "Daisy's white face" (117). On the other hand, white was also used in the book to symbolize corruption. For example, life in West Egg was described as a pitiful place where "four solemn men dressed in suits are walking along the sidewalk with a stretcher on which lies a drunken woman in a white evening dress. Her hand ... men turn it at a house - the wrong house. But no one knows the woman's name, and no once cares." Yellow represented the corruption and decay of both East and West Egg. The guests who attend Gatsby's parties are guilty of material...

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... make some money ,he is obviously trying to ride the American Dream , just like other Midwesterners before him , Tom , Daisy , Jordan and Gatsby. Nick arrives in West Egg , the "less fashionable of the two" Egg , the people there are the success stories of the American Dream , most of them start out poor , middle-class to extremely wealthy in a matter of years. "It ... another , does not even take time to greet the host then start spreading rumours about him. " "I heard that he killed a man once" " Tom and Daisy Bunchnan lived on the West Egg .It is where the "Old money" lives , where au...

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