In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes and contrasts the two fictional peninsulas on Long Island known in the novel as east and west egg. ... This is where Tom and Daisy Buchanan, two main characters from the novel, live. ... This is where Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby, also two main characters, live. ... There are many examples of how the two establishments are contrasted and that Jay Gatsby and his long lost love, Daisy, can never be together for they are from different establishments. ... This shows that Daisy and Jay could never be together. ...

• Word Count: 762
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald compares and contrasts the social realm of the twenties by using the dwellers of East and West Egg. Tom's East Egg nature, filled with carelessness and pride and also Jay's West Egg nature filled with futility and extravagance. ... In West Egg lives Jay Gatsby, a man with an aura of mystery who intrigues people with his exaggerated parties every weekend. ... Tom and Daisy let Gatsby take the fall for all their mistakes. Daisy lets Gatsby take the fall for driving the car that murders Myrtle, and later when Wilson comes to the conclusion that whoever had killed Myrtle had a...

• Word Count: 1009
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School