How To Write A Brief Summary Of The Great Gatsby

The Novel opens with a young man named Nick Carraway who has moved to a small house in the West Egg of Long Island, New York with hopes to learn more about the bond business. The novel takes place in 1922 in New York. After presenting the simple Nick Carraway, the author vaguely introduces us to the main character, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is a mysterious man who lives in a large, extravagant mansion next to Carraway. Nick notices him standing on his porch staring at the green light shining from the dock across the bay. After settling in, Nick drives to East Egg, where the established upper class reside, to have dinner with Daisy, his cousin. While he is there, Carraway meets Jordan Baker, an attractive professional golfer who eventually establishes

Carraway attends the party with Jordan and the Buchanan’s. At the party, Nick is called to meet his mysterious neighbor. Nick learns that Gatsby and Daisy were in love previously but when Gatsby went to war Daisy married Tom. Gatsby asks Carraway to arrange a reunion between him and Daisy. The reunion is uncomfortable at first but eventually, the two begin to reminisce and re-garnish what they once had. They begin an affair. Daisy’s Husband grows more suspicious of the relationship between her and Gatsby. Tom begins to investigate to see if he can find any “dirt” on Gatsby. One uncomfortably hot summer day, Gatsby and Nick have dinner with Jordan and the Buchanan’s. Daisy suggests that they head to the city. Tom notices the “passion” between Gatsby and Daisy and gradually becomes more irritated. Tom, Nick, and Jordan drive in Gatsby’s car and Gatsby and Daisy take Tom’s car. On the drive to the city, Gatsby’s car runs low on gas so Tom stops at the Wilson’s gas station where he learns that Wilson has become physically sick after finding out that Myrtle has been having an affair. Wilson tells Tom that he plans on taking Myrtle West with him, which upsets Tom because he realizes he is losing both his wife and

Scott Fitzgerald did an incredible job not only in engaging his readers but in properly depicting a post-war society in which people’s outlook on social and moral values had so drastically shifted. The author was able to keep his facts accurate and used the quality of exaggeration the perfect amount in order to clearly address the problems American society was facing at the time, such as a decline in the American Dream, all the while providing quality entertainment. I think the author was able to masterfully balance the reality and surrealism in the story. He was able to introduce the reader to three classes, the established upper class, the newly rich, and the working class. Through Fitzgerald’s depiction of characters, the reader is easily able to fathom how the decline of the American dream and change in values affected everyone in American society and not only the upper or lower class. I think the author could have expanded the falling action portion of the novel as well as the resolution however I understand that it was not vital to the creation of the novel nor to the author’s purpose. Overall, I was pleased with how the author decided to approach The Great