Read the excerpt from the great gatsby. i lived at west egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them. the phrase, "i lived at west egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two" reveals the narrator’s upper-middle-class, socioeconomic standing. the narrator’s awareness of social judgments and their central role in the novel. the narrator’s deep desire to fit in and be friends with the fashionable crowd. the narrator’s insecurities as he befriends a new group of individuals.