What Does West Egg Mean In The Great Gatsby

Throughout history many societies have had upper, middle, and lower classes. The classes formed separate communities of diverse living and never crossed social barriers. In the book, The Great Gatsby, instead of streets and communities separating each class there was a sound. On West Egg, the rich received their money not from inheritance but from what they accomplished by themselves. They worked hard for their money and received no financial support from their families. These people gained in one of two ways; either they worked for it or relied on illegal means for survival. On the other hand, or island, East Egg natives represent the class of society that receive money from their

During the “roaring 20’s” there was substantial economic wealth, everyone was thriving. However there was and always has been a difference between what kind of money people have, new money or old money. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald utilizes characters, symbols, and motifs to emphasize the contrasting sides of new money versus old money in order to expose the materialistic tendencies of society.

In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald there is an emphasis on the differences between the two neighborhoods, East Egg and West Egg. When it came to both of the neighborhood they both had similar characteristics, but, they differed more than anything. A prime example of how different they are are Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. They both are from separate eggs and live very different lifestyles. Through the emphasis on setting the author created a clear contrast between the two neighborhoods.

In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and some of the symbols that were in the story was the green light that was between the East Egg and the West Egg. The green light was at Gatsby's house and that represents the love between Gatsby and Daisy. Daisy was living at the other side and you could see the light from that far away. The two characters that are associated with the symbol are Daisy and Gatsby they are in love with each other. Also, it represents Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future. One of the quotes that are used is that Involuntarily i glanced seaward and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and faraway that might have been the end of a dock(Pg. 22).

There are two types of people, those who are consumed by money and those that have a decaying amount. Both of those types of people crave more and more, both reside in either of the two contrasting peninsulas, East Egg and West Egg. The two headlands have numerous amounts of variance with each other in the novel, The Great Gatsby. Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the narrative is set during the 1920’s in New York City, as well as Long Island, and the two peninsulas dubbed “East Egg” and “West Egg.” There is a striking contrast between the two regions, however, not as many similarities. East Egg represents people who are vulgar and crude, who are also the social elite and old money, while West Egg represents good social values and new money. Nonetheless, both areas are equally dissatisfied with their life, always wanting more and more.

The locations of East Egg, West Egg, show the differences between old and new money, and how each can exemplify the American Dream. Fitzgerald used the atmosphere to represent more than just a location, but add a deeper meaning to the novel and make it “seem longer than its length of fifty thousand words”(“The Great Gatsby”). Fitzgerald uses the settings to represent something, adding significance to the places visited in the novel. By making the two locations of West and East Egg, Fitzgerald indicates that there is a significant difference between the two of these, “not just in style but in what might be called moral geography, between the East and West people”(Bruccoli.) The location of New York’s East Egg, the more wealthy and fashionable

The first important situation that Fitzgerald focuses on is the class war in American society. In “The Great Gatsby,” he portrays the demarcation of “Old Money” and “New Money” through Daisy’s perspective on “New Money” lifestyle. In the novel, Fitzgerald portrays the protagonist as “New Money” and antagonist as “Old Money.” When James Gatsby, protagonist, invites his lover Daisy, antagonist, to his party in the West Egg, he expected her to be impress. However, the reality failed to fulfill the expectation for Daisy who comes from East Egg. Fitzgerald states, “But the rest offended her-and inarguably, because it wasn't a gesture but an emotion. She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented 'place' that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island

In the Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are two social classes that the people are from. One is called the East-Egg, while the other is called the West-Egg. Fitzgerald presents two distinct types of wealthy people.

“Fitzgerald considered naming the novel American Dream before settling on The Great Gatsby.” He conveys this American Dream concept in the novel through the use of symbols and devices. One literary device he uses is motif, a decoration or pattern. One motif is represented by East and West Egg. West Egg is where the "new rich" live, those who have made a lot of money by being a criminal in the years after World War I ended.

The East Egg and West Egg are symbolic of the effects of wealth and the corruption of values. The West Egg is the home of the newly rich, like Gatsby, and those like him who have made huge fortunes, but lack the traditions associated with old wealthy families. The West Egg made up of families like the Buchanans, have a tradition of money, have grown up with money and have never had to work for anything     

The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald has many different settings from the very start. In chapter one the story begins explaining where the narrator Nick lives and then goes on to reflect on where Mr. Gatsby lives. Both characters live in New York, but each of the characters live in different sections. Nick lives in West Egg Village, with is where more middle class or modest people tend to live. Mr. Gatsby lives in East Egg Village the complete opposite of West Egg, people who live in East Egg have more of a exorbitant and exaggerated way of living. One thing that stood out the most was the actuality of people who have the capability to live in a part of New York and be apart of the middle class. It seems uncommon to live in that

East and West Egg is aptly named, as they symbolize the old aristocracy and the new, fresh millionaires which are two sides of the same solid gold coin- the absurdly wealthy. The difference between the two is based in the social ties and moral values held by the old aristocracy that contrast the materialism

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the West Egg consist of two main characters, Jay Gatsby and Nick Caraway, both who want to obtain the American Dream. The American Dream consists of an aspirer of a lower social class hoping to acquire the utmost wealth to become similar to those of East Egg. Furthermore, East Egg subsists of “old money,” a population of a high social class of people who don’t strive to achieve wealth like the West Eggers. The contrast of the two sides is evident as the characters of West Egg are portrayed as wed to the vitality of the American Dream.

F. Scott Fitzgerald manages to define, praise, and condemn what is known as the American Dream in his most successful novel, The Great Gatsby. The novel is set in 1922, and it depicts the American Dream--and its demise--through the use of literary devices and symbols. While the theme of the diminishing American Dream in the movie is portrayed through the use of color/lighting and various camera angles to capture the class difference that occurs between the citizens from the Valley of Ashes and East/West Egg.

The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates the understanding of the Marxist theory by showing the way that social classes live and how you were looked at by different classes. The Great Gatsby shows a lot of judgment that is made mainly by the people that live in the East Egg which was Tom and Daisy. They were, of course, the richest ones in the novel. Those that lived in the West Egg, Nick, and Gatsby, were also considered wealthy but only to a certain extent. These two eggs are separated by The Valley of Ashes which is where the poor live such as Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson.