The East Egg is considered the "old" wealth while the West Egg is the "new" wealth. Gatsby and Nick live in West Egg and Daisy and Tom live in East Egg. Gatsby lives in a huge mansion alone with a few servants and his mansion resembles "some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side... a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden" ( Fitzgerald, 9), showing the luxurious lifestyle that Gatsby lives in West Egg. To show off his wealth, he throws extravagant parties every week for people he doesn't even know. On the other hand, the East Egg is described as having old decency and living a gracious lifestyle. The East Egg is represented by Daisy and Tom's house, which had "a high corridor in a bright pinkish-colored space, fragile linked to the house" with a sense of elegance as "[a] breeze blew through the room... creating a shadow over it like the wind upon the sea” (Fitzgerald, 12) which represents the real and intelligent minds of ancient decency, who were realistic in their choices regarding money Fitzgerald describes the decline of moral and social norms,. it also explains the decline of the American