This novel explains the differences of these two important settings of the great gatsby. In the
novel the author F. Scott Fitzgerald created theses to different places to show how certain places
and environments can affect how people act and even how they think. He also shows the
difference between the two places and people based off the interactions with each other.
Throughout the whole novel the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald compares East and West egg by the characters characteristics, the way the two places function, and the heritage and what they
represent . One of the ways the author compares east and west egg is through the charactics of
the characters. For example, Diane Telgen concludes on how the West and the East differ with
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In the novel they show that the West egg is an example of civil acts and more proper. They
have more class and do things different than the people in the East egg. In the East egg people
are more irresponsible and reckless. They do whatever they want with no thought of the
consequence. According to the novel that's the way the rich in the East live with no worries and
Problems. Also in the novel Nick says at the end to Tom and Daisy” careless people who smashed
up things and creates and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or
whatever it was that kept them together…”This quote basically explains the way people that live
in the east are and act. In the West the people are very different from the people in the East, in
the west people are more aware of everything like problems. They have to work and gain their
wealth and money by what they did or what there doing at the moment. The people in the west
tend to be more self conscious about what they do and how they move.
However, Fitzgerald shows another way how East and West egg contrast from each other.
In the novel the author shows the difrencances by how each place functions. Like in the East
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Also in the West it's like there's a system everyone has a purpose and
someone thing to do in life or work for. It's like everyone has a reason for what they do on a
daily bases and live for the American dream. The whole point of the two different places is to
show how people are when things are handed to them , and how messed up a city can get if no
one is responsible for what they do. Another difference of east and west is that unlike the east the
city is like a cycle everyone has a part and does something that helps the city function. However
the east is where everyone does their own thing they live in there own space only worrying about
themselves.So the novel Great Gatsby shows u differences of the two places functions and
Wellbeing.
Finally, Fitzgerald also used East and West egg to compare the way people get there
money and how they inherited what they have and also what they stand for and represent
according to Fitzgerald. For example East egg contains mostly families with hereditary wealth as
known in the novel as “Old Money”. Which is basically money that has been passed down
East Egg and West Egg create the image of old and new wealth in the novel. They portray the differences between the sub-divisions of the upper-class and introduce the theme of the American dream. One finds meaning behind the distinction of the different types of wealth in the novel. One also witnesses aspects of both kinds of money in society today.
The novel ends in explosion and uproar. Nick, knowing Gatsby’s passion for Daisy, gets the two together for tea. They rekindle their lost love for each other, and, for a long time, they concealed their love for each other from Tom, Daisy’s husband.
In the third sentence, note the metaphor and explain Fitzgerald’s choice of this particular metaphor.
Many forms of literature portray conflicting or contrasting areas in which each place has a significant impact on the story. These opposing forces add to the overall theme, symbolism and meaning of the story. In the ‘Great Gatsby’, by F. Scott Fitzgerald these areas are the ‘East Egg’ and the ‘West Egg’. To illustrate the East Egg represents the former or classic establishment. It consists of wealthy families who have handed down money from generation to generation. However the West egg includes money or fortunes that recently have been acquired. The West Egg sets the standard of the American Dream theme; working hard to become successful. Notably, the Great Gatsby reveals characters that come from both areas and impact the story and other locations.
Throughout the novel of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are many th...
In his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald contrasts the loving conditions and lifestyles of the wealthy and poor through the Buchanan’s and the Wilson’s. In the heart of the first chapter, Fitzgerald describes the home of the Buchanan’s, and in the beginning of the second chapter, he describes the home of the Wilson’s. The contrasting lifestyles are apparent in Fitzgerald’s descriptions due to his use of diction, details, and imagery. This dichotomy in social status holds major importance throughout the plot structure of the novel.
around you it does affect how you think and your opinion on certain things. However if it’s your
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often criminal means of living in order to survive. He explains this by stating, “The more that is
East egg in the novel is represented through its inhabitants like Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker. Tom
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a book about status and wealth and disappointment. Two of the main characters, Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, seem to have everything but yet want more. At first glance, it seems that they have most things in common. Both are wealthy, popular, and love Daisy. However, once examined more closely, their wealth, their popularity, and their love for Daisy define them as very different one from the other.
In conclusion, the setting and geography of The Great Gatsby is an exceptional influence on many things such as characters’ personalities, themes, and foreshadowing. It relates characters to where they live and how they act. East and West Egg, the valley of the ashes, and Nee York City all house different types of people that the main characters in the story represent. The setting, especially the weather foreshadows what will happen that day in the novel. If one regards the locations and conditions they may find out a lot about what a certain character is planning to do or how they are feeling on that particular day. Therefore, the setting and geography dictates many things about the characters such as social status, personality traits, and background, while the weather incorporates a character’s feelings into the setting.
Fitzgerald shows the contrasting features between the West and East Egg in New York. Fitzgerald describes Gatsby's house and the house of Tom and Daisy to show the difference between the social classes on either side of the bay. The protagonist of the story, Nick, describes Gatsby's house as, "The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard…with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby's mansion" (Fitzgerald 9). Gatsby lives on the West Egg of New York where those who are newly rich live. The "new money" generally have a trashy sense of taste, and have the tendency to flaunt their money. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby as the icon of "new money" because every weekend Gatsby flaunts his riches by throwing extravagant parties which all of New York attend. On the other hand, the East Egg or "old money" have a more classy taste compared to those of the West Egg. Fitzgerald elaborates on the aesthetic differences of "old money" and "new money" when he writes, "Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water…their house was more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay" (Fitzgerald 10). Fitzgerald’s description of the differenc...
Fitzgerald’s style might be called imagistic. The language used is full of images-concrete verbal pictures. There is water imagery in descriptions of the rain, Long Island Sound, and the swimming pool. There are the Godlike eyes of Dr. Eckleburg and in words such as incarnation, and grail. Abstract images are used as well when there is referred to the artificial world as snobbery, sadness. These images do not only describe the world in which the...