Jay Gatsby is introduced, and Nick establishes his respect for him, by saying 'there was something gorgeous about him.'
The 'bond business' refers to shares and working in finances.
Nick describes he was 'restless' coming back from the Great War, undoubtedly because he loved the freedom and travel, and wants to continue to move and learn.
The mention of 'spring' has connotations of new life and new growth.

Nick has been given several advantages in his life:

His family are 'prominent, well-to-do people in this Middle Western City for three generations,' which evidently shows they are well known with a good reputation.
He says 'everybody I knew was in the bond business,' which suggests he must be middle class, as he makes no mention of knowing any manual labourers.
He describes that he wrote editorials whilst studying at Yale - he was able to afford to go to college.
His father's advice: 'All the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had,' makes sense to him, as he is repeating it.
His father was able to finance him for a year.
He has staff to cook and keep the house for him; 'an old Dodge and a Finnish woman.'
He was able to buy new books - 'I bought a dozen volumes...'
His family have an established 'wholesale hardware business' that his great uncle started and 'my father carries on today.'
He describes that he and Tom were part of the 'same senior society,' indicating that he had the privileged background in order to join such a prestigious group in university.

	Created by Summer Pearce almost 10 years ago

- (Year 2) English Language and Literature (The Great Gatsby) Note on The Great Gatsby: Annotations and Commentary, created by Summer Pearce on 10/01/2017.