Here is chapter 1:
A lot is
learned in this first chapter. We find out where Nick is from, we find out he was in the
war, we find out he decides to go East to earn a living, we find out he is a distant
cousin of Daisy, we are introduced to the cultures of East and West Egg, and we hear
rumors of the mysterious Jay Gatsby. So, in one
sentence:
A fairly well-to-do young man from a
prominent mid-West family returns from the war, decides to go East to earn a living, and
finds himself living next to a wealthy distant cousin and an incredibly rich and
ostentatious mystery man named Jay Gatsby.
A lot
of background information and character development occurs in chapters 2, and 3, but to
sum up in one sentence:
Chapter
2:
Daisy’s husband Tom Buchanan is having an
affair with Myrtle Wilson, the wife of a mechanic, and Tom introduces Myrtle to
Nick.
Chapter
3:
Nick attends one of Jay Gatsby’s elaborate
parties where he hears many rumors about Gatsby and visits with Jordan
Baker.
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