Great Gatsby: Chapter 1 Flashcards
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- Nick Carraway (from the Midwest) has come to New York to learn the bond business
- He rents a small bungalow on West Egg, next door to the mansion of Jay Gatsby and across the bay from Daisy Buchanan’s home (his cousin)
- Daisy invites Nick to dinner w her husband and her friend Jordan Baker
- Nick is amazed by the size of Daisy’s house and the purposelessness of their lives
- Nick feels disgusted and unsettled by the lives of Tom, Daisy and Jordan
- On his return home, Nick spots his neighbour Gatsby for the first time who is standing w his hand outstretched towards a green light at the end of a dock across the bay and he appears to be trembling