Great Gatsby

TITLE: The Great Gatsby AUTHOR: Scott Fitzgerald PLOT: This story is told entirely through Nick Caraway’s eyes. He is the narrator. It takes place on Long Island in 1922. Nick is part of the new rich group. He is a newly rich man living in West Egg, a wealthy area on Long Island. His neighbor, Jay Gatsby, intrigues him. Jay has lavish parties at his gothic-like mansion every Saturday night. And Nick doesn’t know …

…Myrtle with Gatsby’s car. And Tom tells Myrtle’s husband that it was Gatsby that was driving. Which results in Gatsby’s death. HANDLING OF EXPOSTION: We learn that Nick came from Minnesota, and he is a newly rich young man. Part of the group the newly rich and also of his neighbor whom ahs lavish parties in Saturday nights. We don’t learn about Gatsby’s actual character until later on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**