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The Great Gatsby Chapter Summaries

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The characters I have chosen to write about are Nick- the narrator- and Tom. What we can immediately tell from the first chapter is that Nick and Tom are basically complete opposites. The novel starts out by telling the audience how Nick moves from the Midwest to West Egg, Long Island. He then tells us that he made this move to become a “well-rounded man”. Nick was told not to judge anyone at an early age and he continues with this action. But we learn his tolerance has a limit, like any other human being. We also know that Nick comes from a “prominent, well-to-do people in this Middle Western city for three generations.” I feel as though where Nick comes from, and how he was raised is going to play a crucial part in the book. Tom on the other
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