"Through the iron-barred window I can make out a square of wheat Thus, in addition to descriptions evident in the myriad of letters he wrote to his brother, Theo, it offers a rare nighttime glimpse into what the artist saw while in isolation.
Though Van Gogh revisited this scene in his work on several occasions, "Starry Night" is the only nocturnal study of the view. Starry Night depicts a dreamy interpretation of the artist's asylum room's sweeping view of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Widely hailed as Van Gogh's magnum opus, this Vincent van Gogh night stars painting depicts the view outside his sanatorium room window at night, although it was painted from memory during the day. The Starry Night, 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh
But the city is important in other ways, too Tom only interacts with his mistress in the city, and Gatsby only sees Meyer Wolfsheim there. This geographical divide ends up being a gender distinction, too. Like Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby commute into the city for their respective lines of work, while the women are left behind. The second contrast is between the city scenes and the suburban ones. The distance that separates him from Daisy isn't just the water of the bay it's also class.
Despite all his money, Gatsby lives in West Egg, suggesting that he has not been able to complete his transformation into a member of the social elite. Nick tells us right away that East Egg is the wealthier, more elite of the two Eggs. Rich people do like to spend their time drawing subtle distinctions between types of wealth. It's not rich people beating up other rich people it's violent conflict between the rich and the poor. That's why the violent acts-Tom breaking Myrtle's nose Wilson shooting Gatsby-take place between classes. There's very little violence or even outright arguing-people snap at each other and make snide comments, but these aren't the type of people to settle things with violence, at least not with each other. This setting matters, because it means that a lot takes place through innuendo and suggestion. Nobody seems particularly interested in politics, or religion, or even education (you need the degree, but you don't need to have learned anything): instead, they spend their time conforming to certain standards, like not wearing pink suits (7.132). These people are rich, and they have a lot of leisure time to spend worrying about how they're perceived socially. Apparently, he listened to his teachers and wrote what he knew, because Nick describes his own house as "an eyesore" that's "squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season" (1.14). Long Island's beach communities really were (and still are) home to the rich and fabulous of the New York City area, and Fitzgerald actually lived in a small house in West Egg. Great Gatsby is set in New York City and on Long Island, in two areas known as "West Egg" and "East Egg"-in real life, Great Neck and Port Washington peninsulas on Long Island. Gatsby's New York Video Long Island and New York City in the Early 1920s
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