Essay on the Great Gatsby

I have read the fictional story, The Great Gatsby. This novel was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and referenced United States history. This story is about a graduate from Yale and ex-veteran from World War I named Nick Carraway. He had decided to return home as his way of beginning a career. Being impatient, Nick had decided to move to New York so he could learn the bond business. Now we are in the setting of 1922 in West Egg, Long Island. Nick was then living in a rented house that is neighboring the Gatsby’s mansion. Daisy (Nick’s cousin) and Tom (who has been in the same senior society at Yale) had invited Nick to a dinner at their mansion. At the dinner, Nick meets a young lady named Jordan Baker. Daisy wants Nick to be into Jordan. After this dinner, Nick was invited by Tom to meet the Wilsons. Myrtle starts to use Daisy’s name and Tom responds with taking a blow to Myrtle’s nose. Time passes and Nick is invited to one of the elaborate parties of the Gatsby’s. Gatsby doesn’t drink of join in on the party. Gatsby went to lunch with Nick and told him about how he was a graduate from Oxford. He later introduces Nick to his business associate, Meyer Wolfsheim. He had fixed the World Series in 1919. Gatsby is interested in Daisy and he wants Nick to arrange a date. 5 years ago, Gatsby had fallen in love with Daisy but was shipped overseas in the Army. This caused Daisy to give up and settle for Tom as a husband. Gatsby only bought the house in West Egg in an attempt to win Daisy back since Daisy lived across the street. Tom then borrows Gatsby’s yellow Rolls Royce and fills it up at Wilson’s garage where he is informed that Wilson’s wife has had an affair even though the “who” is unknown. On the way home, Gatsby and Daisy ride together while the rest ride with Tom. When they pass Wilson’s garage, Myrtle runs out in front of Gatsby’s car and gets hit and killed, still not stopping. Gatsby took the blame and gets shot by Wilson. Wilson then commits suicide. Not many