East Egg vs. West Egg
In the Great Gatsby, the setting takes place mostly on either East Egg or West Egg. These are two lands sepperated by a body of water known as the sound. East Egg is where Tom Buchanan and Daisy live and is definately the more elegant island of the two. Many very wealthy people live in great mansions on East Egg. The sound was the name given to the waters that sepperate East and West Egg but is much more to Jay Gatsby. To Gatsby the sound is the only thing sepperating him from his love Daisy and he dreams that one day she will be his.


The West Egg on the other hand is much more old and ragged then East Egg. It is not very attractive to most people but there are a few beautiful homes located on West Egg that draw attention. Gatsby lives on a mansion on the shorefront of West Egg and often hosts huge elegant parties which many wealthy and famous people attend. It does not come out until midway through the novel that the only reason Gatsby hosts these parties is because he hopes that one day Daisy will attend one and no longer believe he is too poor to fall in love with. Nick lives in a small cottage on West Egg next door to Gatsby and often watched the people come and go from Gatsby's until he was invited to a party and befriended by Jay Gatsby himself. East and West Egg are two cities sepperated by a small body of water but are two completely different atmosphires.