How To Write A Brief Summary Of The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

In Chapter 1, the narrator introduces himself as Nick Carraway and talks about himself and his father. He describes himself as tolerant but fails to realizes his views are very biased and speaks with pity to those who “haven't had the advantages that you've had,” as his father says. Nick comes from a well-known Mid-Western family, and graduated from Yale (as his ancestors have) in 1915. After fighting in World War I, he comes home restless and decides to learn the bond business. His father finances Nick for a year and Nick lives in a house on West Egg. He talks about West and East Egg. West Egg is the less fashionable of the two, and consists of new money. He lives between Gatsby's mansion and another millionaire. East Egg consists

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a shining example that most powerful messages are not told, but rather shown. It is the story of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. It takes place on Long Island in the summer of 1922. Told from the point of view of Nick Carraway, Gatsby’s friend and neighbor, the plot follows Gatsby’s attempts to reunite with Daisy after five years of accumulating wealth to impress her and win her away from her husband, Tom Buchanan. Gatsby almost achieves his goal; however, tragic events lead to the demise of his dream and, ultimately, his death. Throughout the book the character focus seems to remain on Tom Buchanan, his wife Daisy, and the mysterious Jay Gatsby. Their money and lavish lifestyle seems to draw all the attention towards them; however there is another character displaying a very powerful message: Myrtle Wilson. The glimpses that we do see of Myrtle show her talking about her affair openly which is something very uncommon for women the 1920s. Fitzgerald uses Myrtle as commentary to show the consequences of a woman who is open about her sexuality.

The narrator, Nick, introduces the audience to Gatsby at the beginning of the book. Nick tells the audience that he has an “unaffected scorn” for Gatsby. Next, we find out that Gatsby is Nick’s neighbor, Nick lives in the shadows of Gatsby’s gigantic, flashy mansion. When Nick is at dinner with the Buchanans and Jordan, Jordan brings up Gatsby when she hears Nick lives in West Egg.

This chapter starts out with the description of another part of New York known as the “Valley of Ashes.” This is the poverty side of New York and is noticeably poor since it's referred to such a name. We are introduced to another character named George Wilson and his wife Myrtle. Tom takes Nick to George Wilson's garage, which is located in the Valley of Ashes. By this we know that George Wilson is a poor man.Tom is cheating on his wife for Wilson's wife which is pretty absurd.Tom takes a visit to a party with Catherine, and brings Daisy Nick and Myrtle along with him. (Catherine and Myrtle are sisters). The group starts gossiping about Gatsby, while getting drunk. Myrtle then begins to annoy Tom because she keeps talking about his wife Daisy. This non-stop talk about

After Cody’s departure, Gatsby had received a letter from his uncle Von Hindenburg who was fighting a stalemate in Europe and feared the contingencies of an American intervention. He told him that the Kaiser asked him to spy on the Americans in exchange for the “extravagant wealth of the German Empire”. Gatsby complied, not out of fear or greed, but to satisfy the tempestuous riots of his heart.

The next day after New York, Nick arrives to work late because his talk with Jay had lasted too long. At work, Nick falls asleep and is awaken by Jordan Baker’s call. Their conversation isn’t pleasant and doesn’t end well, however, Nick finds that he doesn’t care. The events of the night before have convinced Nick to forget about the “old money” and the world of his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom Buchanan.

In the book, Bush describes the views of postmodern evolutionary believed and offers a Christian reaction. He urges believers to become knowledgeable on these matters, spurn finding the middle ground and support their faith against the changes that has taken place in the leading cultural example. The author attempts to answer questions on how these changes took place all between the nineteenth and twenty centuries. Bush distinguished in an interview that some believers of Christ "don't understand what's happened. The world around them is not like it was when they grew up, when there was more of a cultural consensus that Christianity was important truth. Now there's more of a cultural consensus that it's irrelevant and off to the side." (Bush

I think the most crucial in the plot is when Nick just left a country of wide lawns and friendly trees. A man at the office offered for them to live together that was eighty a month. Nick had a dog, but only for a few days. So, Nick was llonely at the new house because the guy at the office got a call to go to Washington.

One morning 15 year old Bobby Phillips wakes up only to look in the mirror and find himself invisible. Bobby tells his parents first thing, who are very concerned however they end up going to work anyway. Bobby decides it’s a good idea to get out of the house for a little bit, so he bundles up, and walks to the library. While he is at the library he meets a blind girl named Alicia, but what she doesn’t know is that Bobby is invisible. Bobby quickly hurries home worried that his parents will get mad if they are back from work and he isn’t there. While Bobby is waiting he turns on the news only to find that his parents have gotten in a very bad car accident and wont be coming home for the night. He makes a long trip to the hospital to see his

Gatsby invites daisy to his mansion, but when Daisy comes she brought Daisy, Gatsby, Nick, Jordan, and Tom (which was a very umcomfortable dinner)

I do believe that if I were a lender, I would indeed lend myself money.

Nick Carraway moves to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the stock business. He lives in the West Egg, a district of Long Island that is where the recently wealthy live. He lives in a small home near the very mysterious and extravagant Jay Gatsby, known for his huge and lavish parties. He meets up with his dear cousin Daisy Buchanan with her husband, and Nick's college friend, Tom Buchanan living in the East Egg. Soon after meeting the beautiful Jordan Baker, Nick receives an invitation from the elusive Jay Gatsby for a party and discovers that he is the only one who has ever received one. Once Nick meets Gatsby and befriends him, he realizes that Gatsby was once romantically involved with Daisy and is still trying to gain her affections

The books starts off when Nick Carraway moves to New York to learn more about becoming a bondsman. Nick moves to an area called “West Egg” next door to a man named Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is known for throwing huge parties in his mansion and also being very mysterious and sometimes shady. Nobody really knows the truth about Gatsby’s past.

It’s very interesting to read a narrative through the lens of someone who was clearly in contact with American affluence right before the Depression. Historically, the earlier 1920s was a very culturally exciting decade for the US as World War 1 was over, people were starting to accumulate wealth, and new forms of artistic expression such as jazz began to develop. Using this historical context, Fitzgerald illustrates Nick’s altering view of the wealthy eastern coast. The beginning of the novel includes a snapshot of how Nick views himself; he claims he is not judgmental and he claims that he has the highest moral standards. It’s also implied that he was financially motivated when he decided to move to New York as he took up a job in the finance

Nick feels this sense of accountability for getting people to Gatsby’s funeral due to the fact that Nick was Gatsby’s only friend. You can argue that Gatsby had plenty of friends from of all the parties he hosted and the large amount of people that attended, but there is no denying the fact that those people were simply there for the party, not for Gatsby. These people weren’t necessarily close to Gatsby at all and there was surely a large amount that didn’t even know who he was. Nick just wanted people to attend so he didn’t see that Gatsby truly didn’t have many close friends. Gatsby is the type of man that would have a great number of acquaintances, but little to no intimate relationships with people. A whole lot of people knew his name, or don’t, but his true friend that’s been there for him would be Nick. Wolfsheim reacted the way he did because he was a gangster and didn’t want his name out in the public by attending the funeral. His “business” meant far too much to him for him to potentially jeopardize it in the event that he did attend the funeral. He seems to be more of a man of enterprise as opposed to friendship.