Great Gatsby - Chapter 1

Great Gatsby - Chapter 1

1. Events in Chapter 1

   • Nick talks about his life and family (family business, war, moving east)
   • Talks about West Egg, mentions Gatsby's mansion.
   • Introduced to Tom and Daisy, first a description then a meeting with them.
   • Find out Tom is having an affair on Daisy
   • Gatsby reaching out out to a green light.

2. Setting

   • Begin with no particular setting, looking to past
   • Move to West Egg
     • "riotous island" - suggestion towards foreshadowing to all the parties and corruption that Nick finds there.
     • "separated only by a courtesy bay" - metaphorical representation of the sensibilities of people from Eastern and Western parts of the US
     • "less fashionable" - East egg = old money. West egg = new money (recently earned money)
       • Readers shown a comparison to those that have much and those that have not so much