In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby," Jay Gatsby lives in West Egg, a fictional neighborhood on Long Island, New York. West Egg is portrayed as the home of the "new money" social elite, while East Egg represents "old money" wealth.
The two main towns in "The Great Gatsby" are West Egg and East Egg on Long Island, New York. West Egg is where Jay Gatsby lives, while East Egg is home to the old money elite, including Daisy Buchanan.
Nick Carraway lives in a small house next to Gatsby's grand castle of a home. Both of these characters live in West Egg.
No, the two murders in "The Great Gatsby" did not both happen in East Egg. Myrtle Wilson was killed in a hit-and-run accident in the Valley of Ashes, while Jay Gatsby was murdered by George Wilson in West Egg.
Nick Carraway, the narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby," lives in a modest rental cottage in West Egg, Long Island, next door to Jay Gatsby's extravagant mansion.
Gatsby lives in a mansion in West Egg, Long Island, in the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Nick Carraway lives in West Egg, a fictional town on Long Island, in the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
East Egg and West Egg are two peninsulas that, from the air, resemble eggs "flattened at the contact end." Gatsby and Nick live at West Egg; Daisy and Tom at East Egg, the wealthier and more fashionable of the two. Fitzgerald based the two locations on real places on Long Island Sound, Great Neck (West Egg) and Manhasset Neck (East Egg).
In the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby lived in a mansion on Long Island called West Egg. West Egg is used to represent new money and those who have earned their wealth recently.
East Egg and West Egg.
East Egg, where he was in the bonds business
West Egg is modeled after Great Neck, NY and was considered the "new money" area. East Egg represents "old money" and a more refined culture.