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Summary Of Chapter 1 Of The Great Gatsby
This chapter starts with Nick portraying a lonely zone between the East and West Eggs he calls the “Valley of Ashes”, which the landfill is holding all of New York City's waste. One day, Tom demands Nick going to meet his paramour, Myrtle Wilson, whose auto-technician spouse, George Wilson, who does not know that Myrtle is having an affair with Nick. They get together with Myrtle later at Tom's cramped New York apartment where they choose to set up a gathering with Myrtle's sister and their neighbors. Nick gets intoxicated and wants to leave because he felt disgusted about their conversations but was forced to stay. Tom and Myrtle start to have a battle about whether it is proper for Myrtle to discuss Daisy; Myrtle to say Daisy's name over and over again in spite of Tom and he smacks her in the face and breaks her nose.
Chapter 3: pages 39-59
The first page of the chapter is utilized to portray the immense rich parties that Gatsby has at his home week by week, and, interestingly, Nick has been actually welcomed to one. At the point when Nick touches base at the gathering, he is overpowered by the scene and chooses to drink the night away when he sees Jordan Baker, with whom
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Nick begged Gatsby to leave the town as soon as possible and forget about Daisy, however Gatsby didn't listed to him and denied Nick, until he realized who Daisy picked between him and Tom, even though he knew that she had already picked Tom over him. He told Nick about how he was head over heels for her and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her and that Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby until he came back from the war, however, she lied and still married Tom while Gatsby was at war. Then, before Nick left, he told Gatsby that he meant much more and was much worthier than the

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