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The Great Gatsby

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," the contrasting worlds of East Egg and West Egg symbolize different values and social classes during the Roaring Twenties. East Egg, home to Tom and Daisy Buchanan, embodies old money and aristocratic elegance, while West Egg, where Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway reside, represents new money and ambition. The novel’s setting also reflects the era’s disillusionment post-WWI, materialistic pursuits, and the vibrant yet tumultuous Jazz Age. Through rich descriptions of both locations, Fitzgerald critiques the American Dream and social stratification.

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The Great Gatsby

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  1. The Great Gatsby

  2. East Egg vs West Egg • East Egg ~ Tom and Daisy Buchanan reside • West Egg ~ Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway reside

  3. Ashes and Elegance Ashes • ... half way between West Egg and New York.” • “... A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat...” • “... Ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys...” • “... Ash-gray men ...” • “ ... Powdery air...” • “... line of gray cars...” • “... Spasms of bleak dust...” • “...the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg.” • “Which are blue and gigantic – their retinas are one yard high.” • “...small foul river...” • “dismal scene...” • “... Only building in sight was a small block of yellow brick...”

  4. Ashes and Elegance Elegance • “... Music...” • “... Blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths...” • “... Eight servants, including an extra gardner...” • “... Gatsby’s enormous garden...” • “In the main hall a bar with a real brass rail...” • “... Halls and salons and verandas...” • “...the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music...”

  5. Identifying Setting The Great Gatsby takes place during the Roaring 20’s, which is also known as the Jazz age. • The time was after the disillusionment of WW I. • Young people questioned the values of previous generations. • Many lived for confused materialistic goals, until the stock market failed in 1929. • It was a time of bootlegging, prohibition, and the Charleston! • What evidence do you find in Chapter 1 that indicates the time of the story? • Nick states, “I drove East in the Spring of twenty-two.” • Who lives in each of the houses? • A~GatsbyB~Nick C ~ Tom and Daisy

  6. Gatsby • Description ~ “a colossal affair by any standard..” “An imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy” “ a tower on one side –” “a marble swimming pool” “40 acres of lawn and garden” • Location ~ West Egg – near Long Island Sound, NJ

  7. Nick • Description ~ “a weather beaten cardboard bungalow” “squeezed between two huge places” “my house was a small eyesore” • Location ~ “at the very tip of the egg, on ly 50 yards from the Sound” “I lived at the West Egg.”

  8. Tom and Daisy • Description ~ “a cheerful red and white Georgian colonial mansion, overlooking the bay.” “Beach, sundials, brick walls, burning gardens, bright vines, French windows.” • Location ~ “I drove over to East Egg.”

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