Symbol-Egg (East Egg, West Egg and the Symbol of the Egg itself)
Meaning: The East and West eggs are where they live, and there is always drama going on. An egg is white on the outside, and yellow on the inside. So, on both sides of the spectrum there is deception everywhere. An egg symbolizes a false show of purity on the outside, but rotten and corrupt on the inside. Also the east egg represents old money that has been passed down from generation to generation. The west egg represents new money that the people who live inside there have earned. There is always constant bickering between the eggs because the west eggers are rowdy and don’t know how to handle themselves amongst the continually wealthy people.
This symbol involves two other symbols within the book; the colors white and yellow.
Yellow is in many facets of the book. Yellow in general means corruptness and things that go bad. –Yellow leaves represent decay and corruptness. –The yellow of Gatsby’s car represents corrupt dishonesty and deception.
White is the color that has the deeper meaning of false purity or goodness. Daisy and Jordan are always seen in white. Also, Gatsby, when he wanted to meet Daisy again for the first time in 5 years, he wore a white suit as if to show that he was good and pure.
Quotes:
“I lived at West Egg, the-well, less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.” P.5
“Across the courtesy bay, the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water.” P.5
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Names:
Jasmine
Nathaniel
Sources:
http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/twentiestoday/symbolism.html (Information and Text)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Quotes and Information)
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