1) The book starts out with Nick remembering how the last year or so went; him moving into West Egg in an attempt to make himself a “well- rounded young man,” moving in next to and meeting Gatsby, etc. He then goes over to visit Daisy across the bay and meets professional golfer and childhood best friend of Daisy’s, Jordan Baker. When he returns home from his cousin’s home that night, he sees a strange figure at the end of Gatsby’s dock. This seemed a bit odd to him as Gatsby seemed to keep to himself, but the strangest thing of all was when the figure reached his trembling hands out toward the green light at the end of a dock across the bay. 2) He describes himself as a non-judgmental person. He is from an upper-middle class family