The Great Gatsby (Setting Map)

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New York New York is Where Tom and Myrtle go to, in order to have their affair in public. New York is a large city where Tom and Myrtle can have the affair without any fear of being recognized due to the population and the size of the city CLICK HERE TO GO TO INFORMATION ON TOM AND MYRTLE’S APARTMENT CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MAP

Tom and Myrtle’s apartment Tom and Myrtle have a small apartment in New York where they have their affair. The lack of furniture and decoration (the only one being a picture) makes it lack a ‘homely’ suggest to the reader that this apartment is rarely used. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MAP

The Valley of Ashes The valley of ashes a gray place where ‘ashes grow like wheat’ suggesting to us that it is probably an industrial dumping ground between West Egg and New York City where people like Tom get their money from. The entire area is covered in an ‘impenetrable cloud’ CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MAP CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO INFORMATION ON GEOGE WILSON’S GARAGE CLICK HERE TO GO TO INFORMATION ON THE EYES OF DOCTOR T.J. ECKLEBURG

George Wilson’s Garage George Wilson’s garage seems to be an old, desolate place that was abandoned. The only car in it was a ‘dust covered wreck of a Ford which crouched in a dim corner’. The owner himself was a man that seemed desperate enough to do anything to get his shop back in business again, even agreeing to anything Tom said in order to get one car. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MAP CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE VALLEY OF ASHES

The Eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, is basically a huge old billboard that advertises a brand of spectacles. They have been compared to the eyes of god; Huge and seemingly judgmental overlooking the Valley of Ashes CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE VALLEY OF ASHES CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MAP

West Egg West Egg is one of the two pieces of land that is shaped roughly like an egg. It seems to be reserved for the rich that have recently come across a fortune. This is where 2 of the main characters Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby live. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MAP CLICK HERE TO GO TO INFORMATION ON GATSBY’S HOUSE CLICK HERE TO GO TO INFORMATION ON NICK’S HOUSE

Gatsby’s house Gatsby house is his one of his most lavish display of his superior class and wealth. it was described as ‘a factual imitation of some hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than 40 acres of lawn and garden.’ CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MAP CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO WEST EGG

Nick’s House Nicks house is quite modes he described it as ‘a small eyesore’ that had ‘a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbor's lawn-all for $80 a month’ as if he didn’t want to show off his wealth. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MAP CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO WEST EGG

East Egg East Egg is one of the two pieces of land that is shaped roughly like an egg. It is seen as the more fashionable of the two and everyone who lives there are rich due to ‘Old Money’ that they inherit. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MAP CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO INFORMATION ON THE BUCHANAN’S HOUSE

The Buchanan’s house The Buchanan’s live on the East egg. Tom Buchanan states ‘ It belonged to Demaine. The oil man’ obviously showing his pride that because it belonged to the Demaine oil man that it makes it a little more important than others. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MAP