Social Divide in "The Great Gatsby"

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The paper shows how, in "The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the locations East Egg and West Egg to show a strong divide in social class, the American Dream as it changed for different people and the immorality of the 1920s.

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"The party on East Egg from chapter one and the party in West Egg from chapter three show a major divide between East Egg and West Egg. The parties were used to separate the more defined and well bred East Egg from the less fashionable West Egg (symbolism 1). For instance, while at the East Egg party Fitzgerald refers the drinks as cocktails, and while at the West Egg party it is simply referred to as whiskey. This example is used to show the East Egg looks down on West Egg and to further divide the two in social standing."

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