Chapter Two

We chose this picture of Jerry Springer because in Chapter 2 of Great Gatsby there are many affairs between the individuals. Tom Buchanans sneaks around his wife Daisy to see his Mistress Sam Myrtle up in New York. Daisy and his mistress are complete opposites. There personalities are different because Daisy is more of a home body and Myrtle loves to go out and have fun. They are also different in appearance. Unlike Daisy, Myrtle is not a Jazz baby and has more of a thickish figure. Like Tom, Myrtle is also married and has a husband, Wilson who thinks she is visiting her sister when she is with Tom.

"Tom Buchanan and his girl and I went up together to New York- or not quite together, for Mrs. Wilson sat discreetly in another car" (31).

This quote shows that the people living in the eggs are both sneaky and dishonest with one another. Tom lies to Daisy to see his mistress while Nick helps to cover up the lie. Myrtle also tells her husband that she is leaving to visit her sister.

"I almost married a little kyke who'd been after me for years. I knew he was below me. Everybody kept saying to me, 'Lucille, that man's way below you!' But if I hadn't met Chester he'd of got me sure" (38).

This shows how much wealth and popularity means to these people. They seem stuck-up, snobby, and fake. People believe that men and women of the same class should be together and that the more money you have, the better you are.

"Crazy about him! cried Myrtle incredulously. Who said I was crazy about him?"

This quote shows how much people gossip and talk about each other.

"Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand" (41).

Tom hits Myrtle repeatedly shouting out Daisy's name. This is important because back then a man beating and controlling a woman was more acceptable. If a man was to do that today he would be looked down upon.

Setting: Valley of Ashes
The Valley of Ashes shows significance and symbolism. Myrtle and Wilson live in the Valley of Ashes and its very depressing and dark. When Nick and Tom go to New York to visit, they have to go through The Valley of Ashes and it is very hard for them to see through the ash. Men who live there work on shoveling up the ashes. The commuter train runs between West and East Egg and New York, passes through The Valley of Ashes. Tom forces Nick to get off the train because Nick seems to be nervous by the surroundings and darkness of The Valley of Ashes. Myrtle cant escape from the depressed life she had made for herself. She leaves and moves to a house by herself but even though she tries making this change, she still cant escape from her depressed surroundings.

Chapter One

These two eggs represent the West and the East eggs which are just outside of New York. The purple egg represents the West Egg, wealthy but at a lower class. The colorful egg with the ribbon represents the East Egg because although its wealthy also its at a higher class. Tom and Daisy live on the East Egg. Nick and Gatsby live on the West Egg. People that live here are not what they seem. It symbolizes that people on the outside may look one way, but be a different person on the inside.

"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had" (1).

Nick was taught not to judge people because he had more advantages. His family was wealthy and he received a good education and went to Yale University.

"Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay, jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere, the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sand" (9).

East of New York are the West and East eggs. Nick and Gatsby are citizens of the west egg, the less fashionable of the two and more superficial.

"Well, its a fine book and everybody ought to read it" (17).

Tom was talking about the book, "The Rise of the Coloured Empires" and talks about how the white race which he explains is the dominant race and should watch out for the other races and beat them down. This shows that Tom is very racist.

"I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of the dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness" (26).

This quote is important because the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses a lot of symbolism in The Great Gatsby. He uses colors to symbolize different feelings and people. In this quote, the color green is significant. It could symbolize many things such as wealth, greed, and envy.

Symbolism: West and East Eggs (Setting)
There is a lot of symbolism in chapter one of The Great Gatsby. For example, they call the place they live just outside of New York the West and East Eggs. This is significant because the 'eggs' are meant to symbolize the people living in them. On the outside of eggs(the food product) is the shell. The shell is a hard white layer. Inside of the hard shell is the yoke. The yoke is yellow and liquid. This symbolizes that people on the outside may look and act like they are something different then they actually are and feel on the inside. The people find it hard to express themselves and how they truely feel because they are scared of what other people may think of them and how they will react. Therefore the people that live in the West and East Eggs are not what they seem and are like eggs.