1. The Great Gatsby
... eyes look on and remind the characters of the guilt that they forget to have for what they have done. The third symbol is East and West Egg, which is a barrier between class and social standing. East and West Egg act as a symbol of this in its physical makeup. Tom and Daisy live on East Egg, which is far more refined ... . Nick and Gatsby are on West Egg, which is for people who don't have any real standing, even if they do have money. The barrier that the water creates between these worlds in symbolic of the barrier that keeps these people apart from one another and from much of what th...
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