On the surface, Baz Luhrman’s film, tells the story of a poor man who falls in love with a rich girl and devotes the rest of his life to getting rich in order to impress her. However, the main theme is less romantic. The movie revolved around the theme of the American Dream in the 1920s. Baz Luhrman’s film, The Great Gatsby, East Egg represents the old aristocracy while West Egg represents the newly rich, the American Dream, the moral and social decay of America, and New York City the uninhibited, amoral quest for money and pleasure (Sparknotes). In great works of literature, setting often plays a centripetal role in the central plot. The setting in The Great Gatsby, plays a great role in the central plot as the main character of the film,
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Nick Caraway says, “I lived at West Egg, the – well, the least fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them” (The Great Gatsby). East Egg represents the old aristocracy while West Egg, where Gatsby and Nick lives, represent the newly rich and the American Dream (Sparknotes). According to Nick, it is the “least fashionable of the two” which reveals the difference in status between the two places. West Egg was the least fashionable as they contained the newly rich in comparison to those who have been rich for generations in East Egg. Those who are in West Egg, only recently developed their credentials while those in East Egg have been developing them for decades, possibly …show more content…
The narrator Nick describes East Egg as the wealthier and more elite in comparison to West Egg. Although Gatsby is extremely rich, he lives in West Egg, which suggests that he has not transformed to the other class (Shmoop). The rich dislike the newly rich, which is essentially the people of West Egg including Jay Gatsby. They dislike the fact that with the American Dream any person from any social background could make a fortune (Sparknotes) The inhabitants in East Egg value family credentials which West Egg lacks as they are new money and came from nothing. During the main altercation of the novel in the hotel room, Tom exclaimed, "I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife” (The Great Gatsby). Financially, Gatsby is just as stable as Tom Buchanan but Tom’s still holds no respect for Gatsby as he is from West Egg. In fact, Tom shows no respect for anyone from West Egg as he shows his distain for those who are “Mr. Nobody from nowhere”. Tom’s distain may also represent the views of East Egg towards West Eggs. Inhabitants of East Egg have no respect for those who live in West
Nick Caraway says, “I lived at West Egg, the – well, the least fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them” (The Great Gatsby). East Egg represents the old aristocracy while West Egg, where Gatsby and Nick lives, represent the newly rich and the American Dream (Sparknotes). According to Nick, it is the “least fashionable of the two” which reveals the difference in status between the two places. West Egg was the least fashionable as they contained the newly rich in comparison to those who have been rich for generations in East Egg. Those who are in West Egg, only recently developed their credentials while those in East Egg have been developing them for decades, possibly …show more content…
The narrator Nick describes East Egg as the wealthier and more elite in comparison to West Egg. Although Gatsby is extremely rich, he lives in West Egg, which suggests that he has not transformed to the other class (Shmoop). The rich dislike the newly rich, which is essentially the people of West Egg including Jay Gatsby. They dislike the fact that with the American Dream any person from any social background could make a fortune (Sparknotes) The inhabitants in East Egg value family credentials which West Egg lacks as they are new money and came from nothing. During the main altercation of the novel in the hotel room, Tom exclaimed, "I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife” (The Great Gatsby). Financially, Gatsby is just as stable as Tom Buchanan but Tom’s still holds no respect for Gatsby as he is from West Egg. In fact, Tom shows no respect for anyone from West Egg as he shows his distain for those who are “Mr. Nobody from nowhere”. Tom’s distain may also represent the views of East Egg towards West Eggs. Inhabitants of East Egg have no respect for those who live in West