Before revision: F. Scott Fitzgerald refers to Columbus' egg in The Great Gatsby when describing the topography of the fictional east and west eggs : "They are not perfect ovalslike the egg in the Columbus story, they are both crushed flat at the contact endbut their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual wonder to the seagulls that fly overhead."F.
After revision: F. Scott Fitzgerald refers to Columbus' egg in The Great Gatsby when describing the topography of the fictional villages of East Egg and West Egg : "They are not perfect ovalslike the egg in the Columbus story, they are both crushed flat at the contact endbut their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual wonder to the seagulls that fly overhead."F.