East Egg vs. West Egg

In The Great Gatsby there are major class distinctions which show even more so with the division of the rich West Egg and the fashionable East Egg. Gatsby is on the West Egg while Tom and Daisy are on the East Egg with Nick Carraway. Throughout the novel West eggers are newly rich and either got rich quick such as Mr. Gatsby or are those of old money such as Tom and Daisy who inherited a large sum of money.

Class distinctions are very present; while the West Eggers are depicted in the novel everything is much more proper and characters such as Daisy put off an emphasis on a thought like "I am much better than you." Mr. Gatsby invites most all to his huge illegal parties but it seems to be the East Eggers that decline and want nothing to do with the new money West Eggers such as the Sloanes who accepted "without gratitude".

When Nick, Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and Gatsby all are thinking of going into town Fitzgerald describes the women laying on the couches like trophies on display. In the movie it seemed to me as if Daisy's daughter was just a toy as she flaunted her beauty. Daisy herself is always acting a bit snobby while Tom is just a brute who is just self absorbed with himself and Daisys affairs. Tom and Gatsby really hate eachother now and East and West Egg differences just hightens the tension that is obviously present. There will always be a East and West Egg wherever you go. Whether its Chino Hills High vs. Ayala High it is always present in some way.