Following the tragedy, Nick concludes that perhaps Westerners, specifically he, Jordan, Gatsby, Tom and Daisy, possessed “some deficiency” that makes them “subtly unadaptable to Eastern life” (176). With this language Nick, portrays Easterners and Westerners as different species. Despite the clear differences in morals and perspectives between these five characters, I do agree with Nick that they are similar in that they all hoped that the East would offer a fresh start similar to the way the frontier did for European immigrants. Ultimately the already-established culture in the East repudiates their ideas of it as a fresh start.