Analysis Of West Egg And New Money In The Great Gatsby

The story “The Great Gatsby” takes place in New York City on Long Island; in the two places was called East Egg and West Egg in the early 1920’s in the Jazz era. West Egg is a fictional place where Gatsby’s mansion and Nick’s small house is at and Daisy and Tom lives in a mansion in East Egg which is also a fictional place. West Egg has a description called new money. Gatsby tries to be all flashy and impressive with his money, which is very irresponsible and unwise (“Old Money V. New Money”). According to this text, it elaborates that new money is a person who just got the new wealth and uses it carelessly like Jay Gatsby buying a expensive car to show off. On the other hand, East Egg has a description called old money. It is nearly the opposite as new money; the person knows how to effectively use the money wisely while they are rich, but they also their money for self-desire.
Other part of the story takes place is Valley of Ashes. Valley of ashes is where the characters Myrtle Wilson and George lives. Nick is said that, “This is a valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens…the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud” (Fitzgerald 23). Nick specifying that the valley of ashes is a rundown place of living and the poor class …show more content…
He is incredibly a wealthy man having a huge mansion and different types of strangers going to Gatsby’s house for party. Clearly in the story, it talks about that Gatsby’s had a humble start of living in a farm and then becoming rich by being a bootlegger. A boy from humble origins who is desperate to win back the love of a rich woman, Daisy, and loses everything in his last attempt to win her over (Edwards). Halle Edwards explain that Gatsby was in love with Daisy; he will even try to get her back from the past even though Daisy is already married to Tom