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Josh Gabriel
Ms. LaPine
AS English 3
2/19/2013
The houses of the three main characters, Gatsby, Tom and Daisy, and Nick in,” The Great Gatsby” represent and embody their homes they live in due to their position, social class, and personality in the novel. Gatsby is a flashy and superficial man with a one track mind. He lives next to Nick who is simple and observant. Tom and Daisy both live across the bay in their old mansion filled with emptiness like their marriage.
Tom, who is from old money and the East Egg, lives in a house that reflects his aristocratic upbringing and lifestyle. His home is described as, "a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay," (Fitzgerald 7) and displays the tasteful elegance of prideful wealth. Tom’s house is a very large and elaborate Georgian Colonial mansion, located on the East Egg. The house is spacious, much like the Buchannan’s marriage, but the house contains many nice high priced items so one could assume it is comfortable and apropos, and that a happy family lived it. Tom and Daisy, like their house, aren 't really happy, or in love, but they have all the right properties and conveniences to cover the real situation up.
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Daisy didn 't really want to marry Tom, as we see with the quote, “The evening before Daisy 's wedding she attends a party and becomes severely drunk. Jordan Baker takes her into a cold bath where she clings to a note from Gatsby. She is sobered up and gets married to Tom the next day at five” (21). Now, her marriage is falling apart, especially because Tom is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson and Daisy knows it she is just doesn’t care enough to do anything. Neither of them really cares about their child, and Daisy is completely superficial. She always acts bored with life and everything is a pain; she seems to do everything for show. Which brings it back to how the Buchanan’s are like their house, everything is for show and it represents a false reality which others buy into.
Jay Gatsby, on the other hand, is from new money and the West Egg, and has built a house that reflects his lust to be recognized as elite. From his house Gatsby can watch the green light on Daisy 's dock. He holds extravagant parties at his huge mansion, only hoping that Daisy might drop by. He buys only the best of everything because he knows that 's what Daisy likes and admires. All of his clothes are expensive and nice because Daisy loves those amenities, as ,” her voice is full of money”(120). This is why Gatsby has built up this massive house and bought all these things because he knows that it appeals to Daisy. Gatsby 's home is outrageous and gaudy, "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
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than forty acres of lawn and garden."(5) The old-world imitation, the new ivy, the vast, wasteful enormity, all suggests Gatsby 's yearning to finally be recognized as elite and a person to be reckoned with. Gatsby purposefully picked this spot because he centers his life around Daisy. Everything he does is in an effort to impress her, get closer to her, or attract her attention. He is very much in love with her and has been for a long time. This directly relates to his house because Gatsby has built his house and it is outrageously elaborate and he has done everything few and far between just to get Daisy’s attention. His house, like himself, is just made a show for him to be somebody he isn’t. Yes, its material and you can touch it but to it is all there just as a show. Gatsby directly reflects and embodies his house. Nick, second cousin and friend of Daisy, lives next to Jay Gatsby in a small "weather beaten bungalow". Nick 's house is a sort of middle-ground between the two. This directly reflects how throughout the novel, Nick is between Gatsby and Daisy. His house is set between Gatsby’s mansion and Daisy’s which reflects his character also because Nick is always in the middle of things though he says he isn’t involved with his constant opinions. However, Nicks house also blends in, just like Nick does. Nick acts as an observer and narrator. He is quiet and blends in at parties. He is not showy, and neither is his house. People trust him. Nick is the center of the novel; everything revolves around him without actually involving him. He acts as a vehicle for other people 's wants and needs.
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Each of these houses functions as a larger representation of the character that lives inside of it. Tom and Daisy with their spacious house relates to their marriage being spacious, Gatsby’s mansion being all for show like himself, it’s just there to attract attention, and Nick with his house which is seemingly in-between Gatsby and Daisy. The houses of the three main characters, Gatsby, Tom and Daisy, and Nick in,” The Great Gatsby” represent and embody their homes they live in due to their position, social class, and personality in the novel.

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Bibliography
-“The Great Gatsby” text

Bibliography: -“The Great Gatsby” text