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The Great Gatsby Chapter Summaries

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Chapter One Nick: Likes being open minded about new people Graduated from Yale Participated in the Great War after graduating He came moved to New York so he can learn/ get into bond businesses He lives in the West Egg (even though he thinks the East Egg is a lot more fashionable) in a bungalow He lives next to the famous Gatsby’s mansion He has a cousin who lives in New York named Daisy. Nick heads over to the East Egg to have dinner with Daisy and her husband, Tom Buchanan. Tom Buchanan: Arrogant, unsympathetic, cheap even though he’s rich Played football in college Has a 2 year old daughter with Daisy Has a mistress named Myrtle Nick meets Daisy’s friend, Jordan Baker: a professional golfer Tom gets a phone call during the dinner which …show more content…

Gatsby was staring at the water at a green light with his arm stretched out toward it. The Great Gatsby Chapter Two In between the two Eggs and New York there is “valley of ashes”, where a giant billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg's eyes with yellow spectacles on Nick is traveling with Tom up to New York and they arrive at George Wilson’s car garage George Wilson is Myrtle’s husband When they arrive Myrtle completely ignores her husband and goes straight up to Tom George Wilson: Spiritless, slightly handsome. Excited to see Tom to fix his car because he needs the money Tom rents an apartment to keep their affair going in secret Tom buys Myrtle a puppy when they arrive Myrtle plans to go to a party and invites her sister (who happens to be a flapper) Myrtle gets obnoxiously drunk at the party and starts to talk badly about Daisy Which results in Tom breaking her nose with an open hand The Great Gatsby Chapter Three Gatsby throws one of his grand parties every weekend Nick receives an invitation from Gatsby’s chauffeur Which is odd because nobody is actually invited to his parties, people just show up Nick shows up in white

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