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The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 Summary

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By reading the novel, from the first till the ninth chapter we learn a lot of things about Gatsby, not only that he was in love with Daisy. In the first chapter, we do not get too much information about Gatsby, and we do not properly meet him until chapter three. Where the author gets invited at one of the big parties of Gatsby. After Gatsby meets Nick he likes him and he invites him on his boat the next day. In this chapter, he also reveals to Jordan Baker his past history with Daisy, in private. In chapter IV he spends more time with Nick and tells him about his services in World War I, and in this chapter, he also makes up a story that he is the only person who survived from a wealthy family. Then he asks Jordan to explain Nick about his and Daisy’s past so he could help with the reunion. …show more content…

At the same time, he continues working with Meyer Wolfsheim and runs his own business, based on the mysterious phone calls he always has. And in this chapter, the rumor starts to come up with the way he got rich. In chapter Vl Tom and Daisy attend one of Gatsby’s parties and Daisy feels unhappy and Gatsby worries because Tom is really suspicious about the way how Gatsby became rich. Chapter Vll was the time when he stopped throwing parties and started to hire people with the excuse that he needed trusted people next to him, in order so the affair will be

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