Those who live in East Egg, the Old Money,are portrayed in the book as snobby, greedy, and mean. People with Old Money don't have to work and spend their time amusing themselves with whatever takes their fancy. Old money is the story's most elitist group,where families have always had money and servers as an antagonist in the book. Old Money imposes distinctions on the other people of wealth, like Gatsby, based not so much on how much money one has, but where that money came from and when it was acquired.
Those who live in West Egg, the New Money,are seen as "less fashionable" with "wide lawns and friendly trees." Most of the people that live in the West Egg have morals and ethics to live by, rather than their own money. Fitzgerald portrays New Money as “being vulgar, gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste.”New Money attempts to flaunt their wealth, to show their superiority. One such example would be the parties that Gatsby throws, Gatsby’s parties are “almost unbelievably luxurious, guests would marvel over his Rolls-Royce, his swimming pool, his beach, crates of fresh oranges and lemons, buffet tents in the gardens overflowing with a feast, and a live orchestra playing under the stars.” Liquor flowed freely, and as the night