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Short Summary Of The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby is about a gentleman who moves to New York from Minnesota. His name was Nick Carraway and he was interested in being educated in the bonds business. While staying in New York he met a man by the name of Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby was an extremely wealthy man who lived an enormously luxurious lifestyle. Gatsby would throw enormous parties every Saturday and most of the people in West Egg would attend. One night Nick was invited to one of Gatsby’s extravagant parties, he figured it must have been a mistake but went anyway. Gatsby established his wealth after he met a woman by the name of Daisy. Gatsby falls in love with Daisy, but there was one problem. They decided they couldn’t stay together so they broke up and moved away from each other. This made Gatsby want to be the best of the best in order to win Daisy back. This is why he throws such amazing parties, in order to win Daisy back. There is just one problem, Daisy has since been married to a man just across the bay. His name is Tom and he has a mansion in the East Egg. Tom isn’t the best of husbands, for he is a cheater, an abusive person, and an occasional heavy drinker. Tom has a mistress by the name of Myrtle and she lives with her husband in the Valley of Ashes. The Valley of Ashes is a very dark and depressing part of town between the two big cities. The ironic thing about this affair is that Myrtle is also married to a man who is completely clueless of the situation. Some afternoons Tom and Myrtle

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