The Great Gatsby Setting is the most important physical manifestation of theme in the novel, matching characters and classes to perfectly evoke the new social realities of the 1920’s. Each of the four important geographical locations in the novel – West Egg, East Egg, the Valley of Ashes and New York City – corresponds to a particular theme or type of character encountered throughout the story. The first chapter introduces us to two of the most important …showed first 75 words of 602 total…

…showed last 75 words of 602 total…Daisy begins in a ferocious thunderstorm and reaches its happiest moment just as the sun comes out, Tom’s confrontation with Gatsby occurs on the hottest day of the summer and Gatsby’s death occurs just as autumn creeps into the air. Setting is extremely important to The Great Gatsby, because it reinforces the themes and character traits most commonly encountered in the story: everything in the physical world corresponds to something in the story.