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The Great Gatsby Timeline Essay

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Mikayla Cunan and Maeve McDonnell

Ahnert and Uliasz

American Dream PSP

20 January 2015
The Great Gatsby Timeline

1892: James Gatz is born in North Dakota.

1910: James attends St. Olaf College for 2 weeks. James Gatz changes his name to Jay Gatsby.

1915: Nick Carraway fights in World War l

1917/1918: Gatsby and Daisy fall in love in Louisville. Gatsby leaves for war. Attends Oxford for five months.

1919: Daisy marries Tom Buchanan. The Buchanans move to East Egg on Long Island, New York.

1922: Nick Carraway moves into a rented house next to Gatsby in West Egg. Nick
Carraway goes to Daisy (his cousin) and Tom Buchanan’s home where he where he meets Jordan Baker (a golf player).

Nick and Tom go to Myrtle’s (Tom’s mistress) apartment for a small party that includes Nick, Tom, Myrtle, Catherine (Myrtle’s sister) and the McKee couple. Myrtle is slapped by Tom for not listening to him. …show more content…

Nick attends Gatsby’s party and meets Gatsby for the first time.

Gatsby drives Nick to New York and tells Nick about his past. Meyer Wolfsheim
(con-artist) is introduced as Gatsby’s partner to Nick Carraway.
Jordan Baker tells Nick about how Gatsby and Daisy used to be romantically involved.

Gatsby asks for Nicks help to arrange a reunion for himself and Daisy, Nick agrees to help.

Gatsby and Daisy reunite at Nick Carraway’s home.

Tom Buchanan and Gatsby meet. Tom accuses Gatsby of being a bootlegger while Tom and Daisy attend one of Gatsby’s parties. Gatsby calls off his party because he has Daisy all to himself.

George Wilson finds out that Myrtle has had an affair.

Nick turns 30 years old.

Gatsby, Jordan Baker, and Nick go to the Buchanans home for lunch. Tom sees the connection between Gatsby and Daisy.

Gatsby, Jordan, Nick, Daisy, and Tom go to New York and Myrtle sees Tom drive by in a Yellow Rolls

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