The Great Gatsby Journal

Chapter 1
Summary- In Chapter 1, the reader finds that Nick Carraway, a moral and tolerant man from the Midwest, narrates and takes the role of author for the rest of the story. Throughout the book, the reader looks at the happenings through Nick's eyes and finds out what he is thinking. Chapter 1, like many chapter 1's, starts out with someone or something explaining themselves and showing how their life has gone thus far. The Great Gatsby is no exception. Nick says that he came from the Midwest to New York's "West Egg" on Long Island. As the name might imply, there is also an "East Egg", which Nick describes the more fashionable of the two. East Egg is where Nick goes one evening, in order to reacquaint himself with his second cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom. The Buchanans welcome him in, and chat about the many things that have passed in their own worlds. Chapter one also introduces Jordan Baker, who, of all we know of at the time, is a golf......

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Title: Great Gatsby Character Journal
Approximate Word Count: 4445
Approximate Pages: 18 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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