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fitzgerald’s america is plagued by, the issues of class social standing and the supposed superiority of inherited wealth to wealth newly made. Even when Gatsby is able to as the the American Dream promises, make an life for hiself despite the background of his ancestors; the gap in social Standing: between Daisy and him make a union of the Two imposible gatsby’s failure, then, reflects a greater failure as well. The failure of America to fulfill its promise to the selfmade man. The country was so settled now, so content, with the way things are, that the rise of individuals who advance by they’re own work and sweat is a cause for fear, and distrust, not admiration. A perfect example of seen in Fitzgerald’s West and East Egg witch stand for split between new and old wealth. The scorn of East Egg is the hurdle too Daisy that Gatsby canot overcome Daisy after all as  part of East Egg as well. The fear of the new; also extends to her. “She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented ‘place’ that Broadway had begotten upon the Long Island fishing village- appalled by its raw vigor that chafed under the old euphemisms… she saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand.” But East Egg is more- than just a location; it is a attitude that extends in to the america beyond fitzgerald’s imagination. Once, the absence of that attitude was what made America unique; what made those dutch sailers set out for what was truly A new world. The continents was empty then free of the old families of Europe with they’re strangleholds on wealth America was an promise- anyone with they will and the strength too work could prosper. But in time, wealth began again to Accumulate around a few in Gatsby’s world, the people of East Egg. It spells doom for both Gatsbys dream and the american Dream.