chapter 1 - great Gatsby
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- Created on: 16-12-14 11:04
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- Chapter 1- The Great Gatsby
- Overview
- We are introduced to the narrator - Nick a young man from Minnesota
- He describes himself as highly moral and tolerant
- One night he drives to East egg - meets cousin Daisy and husband Tom and Jordan Baker
- Tom
- Powerful - leaves the room on the phone -Daisy follows him and Jordan tells nick its Tom's lover from NY
- Tom
- Tom and Daisy want nick and Jordan together
- Jordan and Daisy - Seem as dream like
- We are introduced to the narrator - Nick a young man from Minnesota
- Gatsby
- breifly mentioned as the hero of the story - Nick says Gatsby represented everything that he scorned but that he exempts Gatsby completly from his usual jugdments
- Setting
- East Egg 'old money' West Egg is 'New Money'. New money = made their fortunes recently
- West Egg is characterised by lavish displays of weath and poor taste
- Nick
- Seems a trustworthy narrator
- Nick cannot help but admire Gatsby - his mansion is described as gorgeous. Its clear Gatsby is not going to be who he appears
- Overview
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