THe Great Gatsby

Let’s face it, The Great Gatsby wouldn’t have been as great a novel as it is today if it didn’t have a setting that tied the plot together. Fitzgerald’s settings in the novel make it possible for the reader to understand the character’s points of view and help the reader come to a conclusion on a major theme of the novel. The Great Gatsby has four major settings East Egg, West Egg, New York, and the Valley of Ashes, although these are somewhat general places. To be more specific, Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway preside over in West Egg while Daisy and Tom Buchanan live their purposeless, unfulfilling lives in East Egg. By focusing directly on the character’s homes, the reader becomes more acquainted with the character’s traits and can more easily piece together the major theme of the corruption of the American Dream.
A corrupting effect of wealth can easily be found among both the established rich people of East Egg and the newly rich residents of West Egg. The peo...