Chapter 13: East Egg vs. West Egg
第13章：东蛋与西蛋
The geographical division between East Egg and West Egg represented the class divisions in American society. East Egg was home to old money families like the Buchanans, whose wealth had been established for generations and who carried themselves with an air of inherited superiority.
东蛋和西蛋之间的地理分割代表了美国社会的阶级划分。东蛋是像布坎南这样的老钱家族的家园，他们的财富已经建立了几代人，并且带着一种与生俱来的优越感。
West Egg, where Nick and Gatsby lived, was home to the nouveau riche—people who had recently acquired their wealth through business, speculation, or other means. Their mansions were just as impressive as those in East Egg, but they lacked the social standing and respectability of the old money families.
西蛋是尼克和盖茨比居住的地方，是新兴富豪的家园——这些人最近通过商业、投机或其他手段获得了财富。他们的豪宅与东蛋的豪宅一样令人印象深刻，但缺乏老钱家族的社会地位和尊重。
This class conflict was central to the novel's critique of American society. Despite their different sources of wealth, the old money and new money classes were fundamentally similar in their moral emptiness and lack of genuine connection to the broader society they lived in.
这种阶级冲突是小说对美国社会批判的核心。尽管财富来源不同，但老钱和新钱阶级在道德空虚和与他们生活的更广泛社会的真正联系缺失方面，从根本上说是相似的。