In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the settings of East and West eggs, The Valley of Ashes, and New York City to assist the actions of the main characters. The East Egg is more of the upscale region of the setting. People that live there have all the money, drive fancy ... less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express of the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them."(9) Lavery 2 Halfway between West Egg and New York City sprawls a deserted plain; a gray valley called The Valley of Ashes. The Valley of Ashes is a symbol of absolute unh...

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... ; Gatsby in a elegant mansion, Nick in a small cramped cottage. In more fashionable East Egg live Daisy and Tom Buchanan. Midway between West Egg and New York City lies a vast ash dump near, which are the garage and home of George and Myrtle Wilson. Significantly all the characters pass through this " valley of ashes, ... and Daisy is aware of his habits. Tom insists that Nick meet his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. Nick joins Tom and Myrtle at their private New York apartment. The climax of the party occurs when Tom breaks Myrtle's nose for daring to mention Daisy's name. Caught up in the bit...

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... having an affair with a woman named Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle (and her husband) live in the valley of ashes, a dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. As both the story and the summer progress, Nick finally accepts an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties. While there he bumps into Jordan Baker, and ... Tom is involved in an affair himself, he is angered that his wife is being unfaithful to him. Later that day, the group drives into New York where Gatsby and Tom argue about whom Daisy is in love with. After a heated battle, Daisy chooses Tom and the weary group heads home. As Nic...

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... become anyone. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in 1925. The book illustrates the American Dream when the narrator, Nick Carraway from the middle class, moves to New York City to be successful in the bond business. He lived next to Gatsby, a man who started with next to nothing in the Midwest, but grew to be extremely wealthy to impress ... because as people grow old, their eyes never change, always displaying our true selves. For example, the Valley of Ashes in the Great Gatsby is an appalling place between New York City and the eggs filled with poor, hopeless peop...

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Nick Carraway, a man from Minnesota moves to New York in 1922. He rents a house in West egg district of Long Island. Nick's neighbor is a man named Jay Gatsby who is very mysterious and lives in a huge gothic mansion. Every ... that they want him to start a relationship with her, which he does. Later on, Tom travels to the valley of ashes, a gray industrial dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. He goes there to visit his lover Myrtle Wilson. Tom takes Nick there with him to a party to meet Myrtle. At the party were many vulgar people and Nick did ... her and clarifies their lov...

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... Yale, he likes literature and considers himself one of those "limited" specialists known as a "well-rounded man," and he works in the bond business in New York City.(Fitzgerald 4) He's connected to wealthy and important people, like his cousin Daisy and Tom, his college acquaintance, but he is definitely not one of them. Unlike everyone around him, Nick ... continually smoldering." (Fitzgerald 25) Nick carefully avoids any emotional entanglements. He writes letters signed "Love, Nick" to a girl back home, but one reason he's come to New York is to avoid "being rumored into marriage" wit...

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... , which is narrated by Mr. Carraway, is illustrated by the Buchanans, Daisy and Tom, and by Mr. Jay Gatsby himself. And when reality finally shows the upper echelon of New York City what is really happening, people die, marriages are strained, and enthusiastic weekend carousing will turn fatal. As a revolutionary author, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates the character of Nick, with his drab, Midwestern ... encountered that have read this book excited me with vague descriptions of Gatsby's regale in regards to social functions. Following this party, Gatsby brings Nick along for lunch in New Yor...

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... , which is narrated by Mr. Carraway, is illustrated by the Buchanan's, Daisy and Tom, and by Mr. Jay Gatsby himself. And when reality finally shows the upper echelon of New York City what is really happening, people die, marriages are strained, and the enthusiastic carousing of the weekends will turn into the exasperation of actuality. As a revolutionary author, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates the ... what a party thrown by Gatsby is like - all the rich and famous people attending this amusement park of a party. Following this party, Gatsby brings Nick along for lunch in New York with a spec...

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... the novel portray to everyone except an oblivious Gatsby that Daisy possesses a true nature of raw carelessness. After Daisy hit Myrtle with the car on the way home from New York City, she "stepped on it," and she would not even stop the car (151). Despite Gatsby's unwavering love for her, she continues play with his feelings. Even Osborn 2 after his death ... . Myrtle, the wife of a poor garage mechanic George Wilson, belongs to the low class of society. However, with Tom, Myrtle puts on an air of superiority. When entering their New York City apartment, Myrtle "gathered up her dog and ...

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... , and still have the same dramatic differences in physical appearance and morals. For example, West Egg and East Egg, West Hartford and East Hartford, or even New York and Baghdad all have striking differences. It can be the location that affects people's attitudes or morals; but at the same time, the people and morals within the ... changes as the conflict between Tom, Gatsby, and Daisy eat him alive and turn him into a hurt and changed man. In the novel, it states that New York was "haunted" to him now. The Eggs had swallowed him up and spit him out with nothing gained; he was only sca...

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... way they used to be. The Plot The novel begins in the spring of 1922, with Nick Carraway, who leaves his Midwestern home to enter the bond business in New York City. He rents a small house in West Egg, a village on Long Island made of mansions and the rich. Next door to Nick's house is the enormous home of Mr. Gatsby. One ... have lunch at the Buchanan's home, and in the course of the conversation, Tom perceives that his wife is in love with Gatsby. They all end up going to the city, with Tom driving Gatsby's yellow car and Gatsby driving Tom's. On the way, Tom stops at Wilson's gas sta...

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... 's state of mind into consideration. Furthermore, Nick's storytelling is extremely symbolic, "He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled under the night" (Fitzgerald 180). Nick uses sensory details and imagery to recreate his accounts of the events for the reader ... , "I thought you knew, old sport. I'm afraid I'm not a very good host" (Fitzgerald 48). Gatsby uses his catchphrase incessantly because he tirelessly attempts to become a part of the elite New York community. Furthermore, ...

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... all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission". In preparation for such an atmosphere Gatsby's house was transformed into one of New York's finest nightclubs every Saturday night. "The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of ... his odyssey for love will ultimately mangle his premature success. Economically and socially equipped it appears that a man of Gatsby's statue would have no trouble finding love in a vast city such as New York. Affection brought G...

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... for many of the other scenes in The Great Gatsby is the site of the Valley of Ashes. Running close to the train tracks and to the road into New York, the Valley of Ashes is "a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the form of houses and chimneys and rising ... smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air" (27). This description of modern New York presents a sharp contrast to the previous description of the newly discovered, newly settled land. The tran...

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... Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Henry James brought a realist revolution upon American literature. Authors, experimenting with realism, freed up their language and wrote about themes, such as life in the city and sex. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the lavish lifestyles of some of America's aristocrats during the affluent 1920's. The story is set around a New ... York social circle, whose livelihood revolves primarily around excessive partying and unhappy home lives. Through out the novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates that it is excessive wealth, which i...

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... was Gatsby and Jordan Baker, who is a friend of Daisy as well as Nick's lover. Daisy complains of her boredom and asks Gatsby if he wants to go into the city. Tom then steps in and agrees with Daisy that it would be a good idea. Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby's car, and Daisy and Gatsby rides together in ... the battle for Daisy, lets him drive her back to Long Island. Driving home Tom, Daisy, and Nick discover that Myrtle has been fatally hit by a car driving from New York City. A local restaurant owner Michaelis, tells Nick he saw the whole thin. After describing the car Nic...

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... became a soldier in World War I. While stationed in Louisville, Kentucky, he met a young, popular woman by the name of Daisy. Daisy was the most sought after young woman in the city. He immediately fell for her and felt that he must have her for his dream to be complete. Amazingly, she seemed to like him as well. The only drawback was ... , no matter the costs. He began to work under Meyer Wolfsheim. Gatsby made millions working as a bootlegger. Five years later, Daisy and Tom were living on the outskirts of New York City. Gatsby bought a mansion directly across the bay from them. Gatsby...

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... drinking during the prohibition era. The old money families would judge the newly rich, because everything had to do with status. Jay Gatsby, originally from North Dakota, moved to New York City to make a fortune. "That comes, I suppose, with the absence of lifting work or rigid sitting in youth and, even more, with the formless grace of our nervous, sporadic games ... ...

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... uses is the ash heap as a symbol of the corruption that spreads and consumes humanity's dreams and passions. This ash heap is really a garbage dump located just outside of New York City. Occasionally, "ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operation from your sight" (Pg. 17). It is quite obvious that ... ...

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... you can!- (Fitzgerald 116). Finally, diversity occurs when you learn about how Nick and Gatsby were raised. Nick came from a " prominent family, well-to-do people in this middle-western city for three generations. The Carraways are something of a clan and we have a tradition that were descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, but the actual founder of my line came from ... in fifty-one, sent a substitute to the Civil War and started the wholesale hardware business that my father carries on today- (Fitzgerald 7). Nick also had an education, "I graduated from New York Haven in 1915 I decided...

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... the government for not feverishly enforcing his racist ideas. The Great Gatsby takes place in the imaginary upper class neighborhoods of the West and East Eggs, just east of New York City. Centering on Jay Gatsby, formerly James Gatz of North Dakota, the book describes a determined man's ability to become corrupted with the need for money. Gatsby's love for Daisy transforms in ... ...

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... very much from the beginning, especially when he finds out about the affair he is having with Myrtle, but he still goes along with them to the apartment in New York. I also believe that however non-judgmental a person tries to be or believes he/she is, it is impossible not to be in some way or another. Especially when around people ... Myrtle for her loud personality and large frame. It seems to me that he appreciates her for her liveliness and "realness". Myrtle has a small party, at Tom's apartment in the city. Myrtle changes into a fancy dress before the party and right away it is ev...

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... directly connects to the idea of the loss of the "American Dream." This stretch of land, where ashes from homes and factories are dumped, between the West Egg and New York City is mentioned many times throughout the novel. The land represents the social decay that is a direct result from the shallow goal of being rich and how the rich choose to ... ...

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... moral values. His ideals and stature mimic that of the average middle class person of the 1920's. In The Great Gatsby, the Valley of Ashes between West Egg and New York City consists of a long stretch of desolate land created by the dumping of industrial ashes. It represents the moral and social decay that results from the abandoned pursuit of wealth, as ... ...

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