Major Plot Details It starts off where Nick wakes up and goes to visit Gatsby at his mansion. Gatsby tells nick that he waited for Daisy all night and nothing happened. Gatsby doesn’t want to leave Daisy. Gatsby then tells Nick about how he met Daisy and that he loved her for who she is…
Plot Details The long-awaited meeting between Jay Gatsby and Daisy finally occurs in this chapter Nick tells Gatsby that he will be inviting Daisy for tea and Gatsby agrees to come but he wants everything to be perfect for her arrival (i.e. He cuts Nick’s lawn for him) Daisy arrives at Nick’s and Gatsby attempts…
Summary Our narrator Nick is at Gatsby’s party, full of people he is certain do not even know Gatsby on a personal level“Those who accepted Gatsby’s hospitality and paid him the subtle tribute of knowing nothing whatever about him” (61). Nick lists, in detail, all the names of people who visited Gatsby’s house during the…
Plot Summary Nick goes home to find Gatsby’s butler with an invitation to his party. Nick ventures to Gatsby’s house. He describes the party as hectic and lively. He also comments on how long it lasts. He also mentions how most attendees were not originally invited. Nick meets up with Jordan Baker at the bar.…
Plot Overview: In this chapter Nick goes with Tom to New York; however first Tom goes to see his mistress, Myrtle Wilson and her husband George Wilson at Mr. Wilson’s dismal auto shop. Once in the city Myrtle, Nick and Tom go to the apartment Tom keeps for his affair. After a very strange party…
Summary: In this chapter, we are introduced to Nick and his views on judgment. We get a visual description of Nick’s and Gatsby’s house. Nick meets Daisy and Tom; as well as Jordan Baker. Nick finds out about Tom’s ‘women’ in New York. As Nick heads home he sees Gatsby in the dark, looking across…
– Looking into sociology and class systems and how they relate in this piece of literature. Implying the idea of Capitalism as mind control and getting lost in this facade of the American dream. Some in this society try and unite inequality, while others such as tom disrupt socialism and create a divide between race,…