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Great Gatsby Reflection

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"The Great Gatsby" is narrated by Nick Carraway. In the beginning of the novel, Nick has recently moved from the midwest to New York. He plans to learn the bond business because everyone he knows is in the bond business. Once he arrives at New York, he moves into a house in a place called “West Egg”. He lives next to a gothic mansion occupied by a gentleman named Gatsby. Across the bay is “East Egg” where Nick’s cousin, Daisy lives with her husband.
Nick then learns that Gatsby, is a wealthy man who lives a frivolous and extravagant lifestyle. Then Nick attends a party that Gatsby throws with a woman named Jordan who is Daisy’s friends. At the party, Jordan finds out that Gatsby is in love with Nick's cousin, Daisy. After being asked by Gatsby, Nick agrees to help him arrange a meeting between them. After seeing each other after a long time Gatsby’s and Daisy’s loves seems to be rekindled.
However things get complicated when Daisy’s husband begins to suspect their secret love for eachother. One day when coming back from the city, Daisy accidentally hits and kills a woman, using Gatsby’s car. The woman's husband, Wilson becomes upset and tries to find who ever killed his wife. It is evident that wilson will eventually come for Gatsby looking for revenge.. Wilson then finds out it was Gatsby's car that killed his wife, goes to Gatsby's house and kills him.
This novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald not only gives an accurate depiction of the lifestyle of the wealthy during

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