Okay, so many places were briefly mentioned ex: Nevada, Canada, New Jersey, Long Island, Minnesota, Montana, but the two that I believe are most relevant to the novel are West Egg and New York City. (If the other locations played a role please comment below and let me know (: )
West Egg: A rich place that describes where Nick, and Gatsby come from.
"She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecendented "place" that Broadway begotten upon....appaled by its raw vigor that chafed under the old euphemisms... She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand." pg. 114
"Or perhaps I had merely grown used to it, grown accept West Egg as a world of complete in itself, with its own great figures.." pg 110
But here you see the contrasting thoughts between Nick and Daisy. Can this impact Daisys thoughts on Gatsby counting on the fact that he is from "West Egg"
New York: We described New York "City" as this as the place of all "sin."
"....in my association with his affairs. For several weeks I didn't see him or hear his voice on the phone - mostly I was in New York, trotting around with Jordan and trying to ingratiate myself with her senile aunt - " pg. 107
In this chapter, I cannot relate any thought of sin to New York.
5 comments:
I think the fact that Daisy is "appalled" by the West Egg and new money shows how condescending and stuck up the Old Money is, which includes the Buchanons.
Yeah, Daisy's reaction definitely shows how "low" the people of the East Egg think of those of the West Egg. By Nick's thoughts on it though we see there may not be a big differnce between the Eggs outwardly to an outsider, not familiar with anyone from the area or the area itself.
New York symbolizes sin because that's where they drink and do illegal things and break laws. Daisy does think very low of West Egg because she doesn't think they are on the same level as her. Yes, they have money but they do NOT have status of any kind in her eyes and it shows how old money doesn't like change and new things. For example, like elderly peopl.
Daisy is appalled because she like all of West Egg onl care about status. She defends Gatsby's party when Tom criticizes it because she loves Gatsby and knows how much he cares for her. However we learn from how she feels about Gatsby's party that they can never be together because Daisy knows that he was not always rich.
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