A Comparison of the East Egg and the West Egg in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

This essay compares the East Egg and the West Egg in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. First, the author talks about how the East Egg is the home of Tom and Daisy Buchanan, how the West Egg is home to Jay Gatsby, and how Jay wants to steal Daisy from Tom. Second, the author distinguishes between the two Eggs, highlighting how the West Egg people come from a place of inherited wealth and the East Egg people view changes in the social hierarchy as threats to the entire structure of society. Last, the author details how Gatsby is deluded that people can only obtain youth and beauty with enough money. While Gatsby's mansion illustrates Gatsby's belief that people can get anything with money, later, Gatsby realizes that not everything can be bought.
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