In his novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates two different worlds, where Nick and Gatsby live in West Egg and the Buchanan's live in East Egg. The homes of the characters, East Egg and West Egg, are not, "separated only by a courtesy bay  (9), but more importantly in the way the two social lifestyles contrast. With detailed character description, powerful symbols, and tone Fitzgerald establishes the great differences of social groups and morals. East Egg is where the social elite and higher class call home. They are considered "old money  which means they were raised with money from past generations. Tom and Daisy are a perfect representation of "old money , having been raised with money their entire lives. People who live in East Egg are extremely materialistic and are absorbed in their ˜social class'. They were portrayed as "careless people  (179) who "smashed up things and creatures then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together." (179) People who are under the category of "new money  live in West Egg. Nick "lived at West Egg, the “ well, the least fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them . His house "was at the very tip of the egg,  and he considered it "an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, [that] had been overlooked  (14). He was as simple man who was very down to earth and valued many things more than money as reflected in the appearance of his house. Gatsby's home equally emulates his character. His mansion is described as "a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy  which symbolizes his efforts in trying to create the image that he is from old money, which is a more respected form of wealth. Fitzgerald makes it very clear what goals the characters have and what their intention are. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald gives pla