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The Plot / Summary of The Great Gatsby

By 1919, America had surpassed Britain as the world’s industrial leader. Young soldiers came home from World War I to a city overflowing with energy. On Broadway, their return sparked a wave of excitement that launched the Jazz Age, remembered as the “Roaring Twenties.”

The story’s narrator, Nick Carraway, is widely seen as a reflection of author F. Scott Fitzgerald himself. Told from Nick’s perspective, the narrative revolves around two poles in his life: his college friend Tom Buchanan and Tom’s wife Daisy, and the mysterious figure of Jay Gatsby.

Nick, a solitary young man from the Midwest, moves after the war to Long Island, just outside New York City. He moves in next door to Gatsby, a man famous for his extravagant parties held every night. Almost nothing is known about Gatsby’s past, which makes him even more mysterious.

Nick wins Gatsby’s trust, and the mask finally falls. For five years Gatsby has lived only for Daisy, the wife of Tom Buchanan, watching her light across the bay. The extravagant parties, the endless music, the shimmering nights – all of it was for her alone.

The story flashes back to five years earlier: Daisy was the daughter of a wealthy family, while Gatsby returned from the war penniless. Daisy married the wealthy Tom, leaving Gatsby determined to win her back.

Through Nick, Gatsby reconnects with Daisy. Now successful during the prosperity of the Jazz Age, Gatsby tries to reclaim her love. Disillusioned with her marriage, Daisy falls for Gatsby once more, and their romance is rekindled.

After a heated confrontation at the Plaza Hotel, Daisy drives home recklessly and strikes a woman with her car on the Queensboro Bridge. When Nick tells Tom he had been driving instead, Tom, bitter over Daisy’s affair, points the victim’s husband toward Gatsby. Believing Gatsby responsible, the man goes to Gatsby’s mansion, where tragedy awaits…

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