The Great Gatsby Novel | Chapter 1 | F.Scott Fitzgerald

Описание: 📘 *Chapter 1 – Description*

The story begins with *Nick Carraway**, the narrator, introducing himself and explaining how he came to live in **West Egg**, Long Island, during the summer of 1922. Nick, a Yale graduate and World War I veteran, rents a small housle next to the mysterious millionaire **Jay Gatsby**. Across the bay lies **East Egg**, home to the wealthy and old-money elite — including **Tom Buchanan* and **Daisy Buchanan**, Nick’s cousin.

When Nick visits the Buchanans’ mansion, he meets *Jordan Baker**, a beautiful but cynical golfer. The evening reveals cracks in Tom and Daisy’s marriage — Tom has a mistress in New York, and Daisy seems emotionally distant. At the end of the chapter, Nick returns home and sees Gatsby for the first time, standing alone, reaching out toward a **green light* across the bay — a symbol of longing and unreachable dreams.
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🔑 *Keywords*

Nick Carraway
Jay Gatsby
Daisy Buchanan
Tom Buchanan
Jordan Baker
East Egg & West Egg
Green light
American Dream
Wealth and class
1920s Jazz Age



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