East Egg Vs. West Egg

While in the city of New York, Fitzgerald describes two different cultural and social barriers. East Egg and West Egg. In the book West Egg is personified as the country of “wide lawns and friendly trees” "prairies” and “lost Swede towns” . In West Egg, agriculture is a major economic standpoint that serves as a vital necessity of the west side. Where, during winter, they get "real snow" and the temperature reaches 0 degrees Celsius. The people living there seem to have a very strict and conservative lifestyle and not to be changed. While East Egg is where the "real" aristocrats live. The people with class, style and more importantly money. The East favored a lifestyle that focused on preserving the idea of fancy living and prosperity. East Egg and West Egg represent the split between soiceity and true moral and virtues in life.

Source: The Great Gatsby Chapters 1-4