While the economic upswing was in full blast, social classes began to form. "The idea was that anyone could become a millionaire regardless of ones background...The attainability of this dream gave birth to a nouveaux of social riches, who were generally looked down upon by those who came from old money" (Palladino). In the novel, the social classes are "divided" by where they live. East Egg became the place of old money, and West Egg was of the new. Tom and Daisy are from East Egg, Gatsby is from West Egg and Myrtle is from "no money". The people of East Egg are Ivy League educated, elegant and classy. The people from West Egg are newly rich, gaudy, obnoxious and mostly live there because they can't afford to live in East Egg. The people of West Egg are almost trying to