What are the social lines that are drawn in the beginning of the book? Explain how this social structure is set up and how the characters fall into each division.
It was interesting to see the lines drawn into the characters in the beginning of the book. The West consisted the new rich, ones that gained wealth recently, while the East was made up of either inherited, or aristocratic wealth. It reminds me of Los Angeles and New York City because NY is a deeply rooted city while LA is newly developed city by the "new rich".
In the book, Gatsby lives in West, and the Buchanan's live in East.
I agree with Kyle that it’s interesting to see how this social structure is set up in the beginning of the book, the way it is divided into the West Egg and the East Egg. What caught my attention was how Nick lives at West Egg, the less fashionable of the two, but unlike his neighbors he lives at a house eighty dollars a month. The characters in this book are divided into these eggs. In East Egg lives Tom Buchanans and Daisy, while in West Egg lives Nick Carraway and Mr. Gatsby. This social structure consisting of the wealthy and the “new rich” like Kyle says shows the division between the two social classes. The way that these eggs are separated by a bay also shows the social lines drawn in this book. I really liked the comparison Kyle made between New York and Los Angeles. It seems to really give a good picture of the social structure represented in the book.
I agree with Hyun Ah and Kyle that the social structures are represented by the eggs and who lives where. Kyle’s comparison to California and New York is very true and I would like to expand on the subject. Now a day New York is full of wealthy aristocratic people with debutant seasons and ancestors in Ivy League colleges. They get everything they want and live in huge apartments overlooking Central Park. Tom, Daisy and their East Egg neighbors are like that, their money comes from the family, they have fancy luxurious lives and their parties are big but exclusive. Today California is full of wealthy people as well but celebrities like singers and actors. People who have made huge money in the recent years but many of them don’t have famous, rich relatives in their past. They also live luxurious lives and get what they want but everything is about their fame. The people on the West Egg are like this; Kyle’s term “new” rich is perfect to describe them. Nick says many of Gatsby’s guests are actresses or producers. Gatsby’s parties could be compared to famous clubs today. Dance clubs where celebrities hang out and the importance is the people who go there and not the owner of the club.
In The Great Gatsby, the social classes are divided in three big groups: the two different wealthy classes in each of the East/West Egg and the common people of outside. Tom Buchanan lived in the East Egg, where most of the rich people who have been rich for some time. People like Tom already were used to luxury and have many social connection with other rich people. Unlike Tom, Mr. Gatsby lived in the West Egg, where most of the not very renown, newly rich people inhabited. Mr. Gatsby gained his fortune so quickly that he didn't have time to establish a social connection with other rich people. At last, other characters such as Myrtle and George Wilson are classified as the low or middle class. They don't live in either of the two previously mentioned places. Without much wealth in their hand, they are considered as part of the common people.
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It was interesting to see the lines drawn into the characters in the beginning of the book. The West consisted the new rich, ones that gained wealth recently, while the East was made up of either inherited, or aristocratic wealth. It reminds me of Los Angeles and New York City because NY is a deeply rooted city while LA is newly developed city by the "new rich".
In the book, Gatsby lives in West, and the Buchanan's live in East.
I agree with Kyle that it’s interesting to see how this social structure is set up in the beginning of the book, the way it is divided into the West Egg and the East Egg. What caught my attention was how Nick lives at West Egg, the less fashionable of the two, but unlike his neighbors he lives at a house eighty dollars a month.
The characters in this book are divided into these eggs. In East Egg lives Tom Buchanans and Daisy, while in West Egg lives Nick Carraway and Mr. Gatsby. This social structure consisting of the wealthy and the “new rich” like Kyle says shows the division between the two social classes. The way that these eggs are separated by a bay also shows the social lines drawn in this book. I really liked the comparison Kyle made between New York and Los Angeles. It seems to really give a good picture of the social structure represented in the book.
I agree with Hyun Ah and Kyle that the social structures are represented by the eggs and who lives where. Kyle’s comparison to California and New York is very true and I would like to expand on the subject. Now a day New York is full of wealthy aristocratic people with debutant seasons and ancestors in Ivy League colleges. They get everything they want and live in huge apartments overlooking Central Park. Tom, Daisy and their East Egg neighbors are like that, their money comes from the family, they have fancy luxurious lives and their parties are big but exclusive. Today California is full of wealthy people as well but celebrities like singers and actors. People who have made huge money in the recent years but many of them don’t have famous, rich relatives in their past. They also live luxurious lives and get what they want but everything is about their fame. The people on the West Egg are like this; Kyle’s term “new” rich is perfect to describe them. Nick says many of Gatsby’s guests are actresses or producers. Gatsby’s parties could be compared to famous clubs today. Dance clubs where celebrities hang out and the importance is the people who go there and not the owner of the club.
In The Great Gatsby, the social classes are divided in three big groups: the two different wealthy classes in each of the East/West Egg and the common people of outside. Tom Buchanan lived in the East Egg, where most of the rich people who have been rich for some time. People like Tom already were used to luxury and have many social connection with other rich people. Unlike Tom, Mr. Gatsby lived in the West Egg, where most of the not very renown, newly rich people inhabited. Mr. Gatsby gained his fortune so quickly that he didn't have time to establish a social connection with other rich people. At last, other characters such as Myrtle and George Wilson are classified as the low or middle class. They don't live in either of the two previously mentioned places. Without much wealth in their hand, they are considered as part of the common people.
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