eastegg VS. westegg

East Egg is the fashionable group in the middle of everything, also known as "old money" or people who have always had money. Tom and Daisy represent the old establishment, living in the wealthy upper class for most of their lives. Daisy is consumed by the materialistic values associated with her social class. These people are shallow and lack values. They are careless and completely full of themselves. Daisy hits Myrtle and doesnt even turn around to see if she is okay, all she is worried about is the consequences. The social class of East Egg are inhuman; they are spoiled to such a extent that their reality has been twisted. Although these are clearly "bad" people they are envied and copied constantly by the West eggers. Throughout the novel it seems to be the West are trying to fit in the East, but East eggers, like Tom and Daisy, feel that they are too good to take part in any of that.

West Eggs are the newly rich; the people who have worked hard and earned their money in a short period of time. Their wealth is based on material possessions. Gatsby, like the West Eggers, dosent have the traditions of the East Eggers. He is considered 'new money', meaning that his wealth came to him more recently through his business that is believed to be corrupt. Despite the fact Gatsby made his fortune in a corrupt fashion he is still someone to admire because of his hopes. Nick Carraway lives in West Egg and cherishs honesty. Therefore the West represents the more moral of the two. Although West Egg is the more moral, it is still a place of excessive spending and gaudy living. Both of the eggs are people who love money, the difference is how they obtained that money and the way it has shaped their lives.