Plot+Summary

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Chapter 1

 * Character of Nick revealed, p.6
 * Idea of West Egg vs. East Egg, p.7
 * Nick drives over to East Egg to have dinner with Tom and Daisy Buchanan. Jordan Baker joins them, p.8 + p.9
 * Youth ideal, p.9
 * Tom's character revealed, p.9 + p.10
 * Jordan Bakers character revealed, p.11
 * Daisy recognises Gatsby's name, hint of past relationship, p.13
 * Hint of marital problems and possible abuse, p. 14
 * Suggestion that Daisy is a fake, p.16
 * Mention of the green light, p.21

Chapter 2
 * Valley Of Ashes, p.22
 * Doctor TJ Ekleburg, p.22
 * Meeting Mr.Wilson and his wife, Toms mistress, p.24
 * Tom buys Myrtle a dog, p.25
 * Fifth avenue apartment. Meet Catherine and her husband, p.27
 * Myrtle taunts Tom about Daisy and Tom lashes out at her, p.33

Chapter 3
 * Description of Gatsby party, p.35 + 36
 * Nick meets Jordan Baker at the party, p.37
 * Nick and Jordan run into the Owl Eyed Man, p.40
 * Nick runs into Gatsby for the first time, p.41
 * Nick shows compassion for Jordan Baker, p.51
 * We find out Nick sends letters to a girl back in the west and signs "Love, Nick"

Chapter 4
 * Description of people who attend Gatsby's parties, p.53
 * Gatsby tells Nick about his past, oxford mixup p.55
 * Hint that Gatsby is corrupt, p.58
 * Mr.Wolfshiem, p.59
 * Awkward run-in with Tom in New York, p.62
 * Tom not present for his daughters birth, p.65

Chapter 5
 * Nick invites Daisy and Gatsby franticly gets ready to have tea, p.70
 * Gatsby anticipates Daisy's arrival at tea with Nick, p.71
 * Gatsby decides to have Daisy over, p.75
 * Daisy sobs at such fine shirts Gatsby owns, p.77
 * Daisy and Gatsby get to involved with themselves they forget about Nick, p.79

Chapter 6
 * Reporter comes to interview Gatsby, p. 81
 * Learn about Gatsby's past, reliable source, p.81 - 83
 * Tom and Mr and Mrs.Sloane criticize Gatsby's social manners when he accepts a false invitation to dinner, p.86
 * Daisy and Tom have a terrible time at Gatsby's party. Nothing like an old money party, p.90
 * Memory of Gatsby and Daisy's kiss in the past, p.92

Chapter 7
 * Gatsby stops throwing parties, p.93
 * Odd interaction between Daisy and her daughter, p.96
 * Nick, Gatsby, Daisy, Tom and Jordan decide to ride to New York, p.99
 * Tom expresses knowledge of Gatsby and Daisy's relationship, p.100
 * Second mention of Doctor T.J Eckleburg, p.102
 * Bill Biloxi, p.105
 * Gatsby is questioned about Oxford by Tom, p.106
 * Tom expresses rasist opinions about interracial marriage, p.106 - 107
 * Gatsby and Tom fight over Daisy, p. 107- 110
 * Nick remembers its his 30th birthday, p.111
 * Myrtle has been killed, p. 114
 * Man sees that it was a yellow car, Tom suspects Gatsby, p.115
 * Gatsby reveals that Daisy was driving the car when it killed myrtle, p.118

Chapter 8