Daisy's Life In The Great Gatsby

In the Spring of 1922, feeling weary of the world after returning from war Nick Carraway, a middle west man, decided to cast his cares away and travel west to New York as the “Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe” (Fitzgerald 3). He rented a “beaten cardboard bungalow” (3) in west Egg Village. He was supposed to be joined by a business colleague, but went alone after the colleague was sent to address business duties elsewhere. By the arrival of summer, Nick was content and sensed “life was beginning over again…” (4). Unbeknownst to Nick, this would be the summer he would be visited by a great ghost and descend into a realm where life began after it ended. The great Gatsby was the great ghost.

Although Nick lived in an “eyesore” (7) of a home, his neighbor lived in a grand mansion that was alway bustling with glamorous people who came to indulge in the extravagant soirees that seemed to last forever. It was like a garden of earthly delights: people went to eat, drink, and be merry (Hickson). This was the resident of the great Gatsby.

Across the bay from West Egg was East Egg. One summer evening Nick went to East

Wilson and Tom’s lady friend. Mr. Wilson as the owner of a garage in the Valley of Ashes is actually the Ferryman of the Dead, Charon (Atsma). He disguises his work using a garage as only broken things, like cars, come to him. Mr. Wilson recognizes the car that hits Myrtle as Gatsby. Assuming Gatsby is to blame or maybe Gatsby time had simply expired, Mr. Wilson kills Gatsby. No one comes to Gatsby funeral except Nick, his father, and an owled eyed man. After Gatsby’s death the East felted haunted to Nick making him feel out of place. Gatsby had an effect on Nick’s life, Nick could not point out but the change was there and life continued, and for a fleeting summer Nick was trapped in his