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The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 Summary

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The book opens up with the narrator, Nick Carraway, and his remembrance of his father’s words. The story starts and Nick moves into the house next to Jay Gatsby’s mansion at West Egg, Long Island. Shortly after he arrived, his cousin Daisy Buchanan invited him to go to the East Egg where she and her husband Tom lives. Nick experienced the extravagant lifestyles of the elite group and was also invited to one of Gatsby’s parties sometime after, where he and Gatsby become good friends. This is where Nick also met Jordan Baker, a young women who seems to be very interested in Carraway. One day when Nick and Jordan where having tea, she reveals that Gatsby had a love story with Daisy in the past. But because he wasn’t able to support her back then, …show more content…

. .” (Fitzgerald 9). This was what Daisy said to her cousin, Nick, in the first chapter of the book. They were talking about how she gave birth to her daughter and that Tom was nowhere to be seen. She goes on about how the best thing a little girl can do is just to stay oblivious and stay a fool. This show the underlying hate that Daisy has for her husband but her choice to just stay silence because she needs him in her life and cannot risk to fight with him. The response really shows how Daisy truly feel about her role in her marriage and also life in …show more content…

He made up excuses and clearly did not want to go to the funeral. Even though his “friends” all greatly benefitted from Gatsby, they didn’t care about the person. All they cared was about the goods that he gave them. This shows the selfish sides of humanity and how focused people are on materialism. Another great example of this was Myrtle Wilson. From a middle-classed women to a extravagant mistress, her life changed dramatically. She was getting more and more attention, therefore, her way of living also changed. As the story continues, the reader can definitely see the change in personality and behavior of Myrtle

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