The Great Gatsby's House Analysis

This postcard shows a comparison between the Buchanan's house and Gatsby’s house. In the postcard, Sara references Gatsby’s mansion to a place they’ve seen while traveling they went to. Nick describes Gatsby’s house by saying, “ It was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy.” (Fitzgerald 5) The Hotel de Ville in Normandy is an actual place. The architectural style of the Hotel de Ville is a renaissance revival. Sara tells Thomas that she saw a Georgian Colonial. In the book, Nick states, “Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay.” (Fitzgerald 6) The two places are two different architectural styles.In the postcard, Sara states that she went to Gatsby’s mansion for
This shows that Gatsby’s mansion is wild. This is the opposite of the Buchanan's house. Their house is calmer. Another difference between the two places is that the Buchanan's house is old-fashioned. Daisy and Tom live on east egg. East egg is where people with “old money” live. This means that people with families, which money has been passed down for years. Gatsby’s mansion has new things because he lives on west egg. He is from “new money”. This means that he earned his money. In the book, he gets oranges delivered to him. He uses the oranges in a machine that he has in his kitchen. He also invites to Nick to go with him on a hydroplane when they first meet. Sara references to the huge and expensive houses on Long island. Both of the places are owned by wealthy people. They just got their wealth different ways. Both houses overlook the bay. Sara says that she saw Daisy’s and Tom’s house when she was at Gatsby’s mansion. This shows a similarity between the two places. In the postcard, Sara references the garden at the Buchanan's house. Nick describes the garden when he goes over there for dinner as an Italian garden. There is also a garden at Gatsby’s