It represents the optimism and ambition of those striving to attain wealth and social status, often through unconventional means. Nick And Jay live here and embody the core values of West Egg. Nick describes West Egg as "the less fashionable of the two”. (I.6) In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, East Egg, unlike West Egg, prioritizes ambition, opportunity, and the belief in the possibility of growing as a community. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's “The Great Gatsby,” two prominent locations, East Egg and West Egg, although similar, serve as contrasting symbols of wealth, social status, and societal values during the 1920s. The residents of East Egg often think less of those of West Egg, an example of this is how Tom describes everyone from West Egg as “a bootlegger”(I.4). This negative description of the other town shows how highly those of East Egg think of themselves compared to West Egg. When asked about going to West Egg, Tom says, “‘Oh, I'll stay in the East, don't you worry,’ he said, glancing at Daisy and then back at me as if he were alert for something more. I’d be a God Damn fool to live anywhere else’”