Hunter Rios, The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is narrarated by Nick Carraway and is focused on a small group of people that Nick considers close friends. Nick moves to west egg in the early 20's for his job. He lives across the bay from his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan, and next to man who he later finds out is Jay Gatsby. A couple more characters that come into play later in the book are George and myrtle wilson, and Jordan Baker. The book is based on Nick Carraways life in 1922 where he starts working as a journalist and moves to west egg. His neighbor Jay Gatsby, who he doesn't know much about, invites him to a party after finding out he is Daisy Buchanan's cousin. Upon arriving at Gatsby's party he finds out that Gatsby throws these huge party's that hundreds of people attend, but no one really knows anything about him. But after talking to several people at the party Nick finds out that people have many unique story's about who Gatsby is and what he's been thought. After finally meeting Gatsby, Nick finds out he really is unique, this quote that proves so "he smiled understandingly – much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life"(48). After visiting daisy, and hanging out with Tom, Nick finds out tom is having an affair on daisy with the mechanic David Wilson's wife Myrtle as Nick and Gatsby become greater friends Gatsby ask Nick to invite him over for tea along with Daisy. When they both arrive Nick finds out Gatsby and Daisy use to have a thing. Gatsby and Daisy start seeing each other and start having an affair. Daisy invites Nick over for dinner and tells her to bring Gatsby. At dinner Tom slowly starts to find out about the affair, and when Daisy says"You look so cool""..."you always look so cool"(79) Daisy who gets upset, suggest that they all goto town and drink. After arriving in town things get heated at the apartment when their drinking, and Daisy and Gatsby leave to go home in Gatsby bright yellow car. As Nick, Tom, and Jordan head home Tom finds out as Gatsby and Daisy pass Wilson's shop they hit and killed Myrtle. After finding this out Tom tells George that it was Gatsby that killed Myrtle. But later Nick finds out Daisy was actually driving when Myrtle got hit. But unknowingly George kills Gatsby in order to get revenge. At the end of the story you find out Tom and Daisy pack up and leave leaving Nick by himself. I recommend this book for anyone who wants a good challenge in reading and likes a good drama