West Egg
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West Egg is the fictional, nouveau-riche Long Island community in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s *The Great Gatsby*, contrasted with the more aristocratic East Egg.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional place
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fictional town → literary location → |
| appearsIn |
The Great Gatsby
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| coastTypeInFiction |
North Shore of Long Island
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| contrastedWith |
East Egg
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| countryInFiction |
United States
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| createdBy |
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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| describedAs |
populated by self-made men
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vulgar and ostentatious in architecture → |
| firstPublishedIn |
1925
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| hasAdaptationSettingIn |
film adaptations of The Great Gatsby
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| hasFictionalGeographicFeature |
Gatsby’s waterfront lawn
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proximity to the Valley of Ashes → view of East Egg across the bay → |
| inhabitantInFiction |
Jay Gatsby
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Myrtle Wilson → Nick Carraway → |
| inspiredBy |
Great Neck, Long Island
NERFINISHED
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| languageOfWork |
English
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| literaryMovementContext |
Lost Generation
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| literarySignificance |
canonical symbol of American class divisions
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| locatedInFictional |
Long Island
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| medium |
novel
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| narrativeFunction |
contrast to old-money aristocracy
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symbol of materialism → symbol of social mobility → |
| neighborOfFictional |
East Egg
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| partOfFictionalRegion |
the Eggs
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| representedAs |
cruder and gaudier than East Egg
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less fashionable of the two Eggs → |
| settingFor |
Gatsby’s mansion
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Gatsby’s parties → Nick Carraway’s rented house → |
| socialClassAssociation |
new money
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nouveau riche → |
| symbolizes |
aspiration and excess
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new wealth without social pedigree → social insecurity → |
| themeRelation |
American Dream
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class division → illusion versus reality → social stratification → |
| timePeriodInFiction |
Jazz Age
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Roaring Twenties → |
| workGenreContext |
American novel
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Modernist literature → |
Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Jay Gatsby
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Nick Carraway → |
residence |
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East Egg
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contrastedWith |
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Valley of Ashes
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contrastsWith |
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East Egg
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locatedNearFiction |
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The Great Gatsby
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setInLocation |
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Jordan Baker
("West Egg society")
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socialCircle |