And Daisy, the woman that Gatsby has always wanted but never gets, lives on East Egg. The green light shines from the East Egg attracting Gatsby towards what he has always wanted. Nick and Gatsby are on the West Egg which is for people who don’t have any real standing, even if they have money. Tom and Daisy live on the East Egg which is far more refined and well bred. East and West Egg act as a symbol of this in its physical makeup. It is a barrier for almost every character. One of the most important themes in the novel is class and social standing. Gatsby’s dream of love and money is identified with the American dream. The colours, the geography and even the characters act as symbols in this novel. With hard work and determination anything is possible or so claims the motto of West Egg.The Great Gatsby is rich in symbolism, which is portrayed on several different levels in a variety of ways. Further, he welcomes the idea of a fluid society-one in which individuals enjoy the opportunity to succeed financially,” and is also the ideology of all other West Eggers (Verderame “The American”).
“Gatsby's ability to reinvent himself comes from his belief in the American dream: He embraces the economic opportunities afforded to him by a nation based on a free-enterprise system. Therefore, they believe in success, even if it is through immoral or illegal means (Eble). East Egg also represents eastern America, symbolizing the transition of wealth and power from the western frontier to the city …show more content… Gatsby embodies what West Egg stands for: “new money.” The typical inhabitant of West Egg does not come from a rich background, but they have made a name for themselves by accumulating wealth. As a result, West Eggers often look down on others for not having as much money and causes separation between people like Daisy and Gatsby for no other reason than Gatsby not being raised in the same lavish environment. People of lower statuses can never achieve the prestige of those who live in East Egg because they lack the required social breeding (Verderame “Social Class”). “They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together” (Fitzgerald 6). Their reluctance to attend Gatsby’s “heathenous” parties and strong dislike of East Egg’s occupants reveal this faulty view. Fitzgerald creates the illusion that those who live in East Egg are the height of society and live the ideal life (Eble). Symbolism in the settings of East and West Eggs in The Great Gatsby reflects the theme of social …show more content… It is home to people such as Tom and Daisy Buchanan who represent “old money,” which has been in their families for generations. He adeptly uses setting as a symbol expressing themes and issues of his day. It is not hard to see the resemblances between the book and what was actually happening during Fitzgerald’s day. His writing genius helps make The Great Gatsby what is considered to be the greatest American novel of all time. This is the first description Fitzgerald offers his readers of his novel’s two main settings. “Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay, jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere, the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound” (Fitzgerald 4-5).
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