The Great Gatsby 1-80

The book is narrated by Nick Carraway, a man from Minnesota that moved to New York to learn about the bond business. Nick rents a house on West Egg. It is a beat up bungalow in between two mansions. The one mansion belongs to Gatsby. Nick goes to East Egg to have dinner with Daisy, his cousin, and her husband Tom. As they are eating dinner, Tom gets a phone call. Daisy's friend Jordan, tells Nick that it is from Tom's lover, who is also in New York. When Nick is leaving, Tom tells him that he would like for him to take interest in Jordan. When Nick gets home, he sees Gatsby on his lawn looking out at the water. In between West Egg and the rest of the city lies a valley where ashes are dumped, and above the valley is a billboard. On the billboard are the unblinking eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg. Nick and Tom take a train through the valley to George Wilson's place. This is where Myrtle, Tom's lover, lives. Then they go to an apartment to have a party. Nick is told that Jay Gatsby is a relative of Kaiser Wilhelm, who was the ruler of Germany in World War I. Tom gives Myrtle a puppy during the party. Tom then breaks her nose when she mentions Daisy. Gatsby has become famous throughout New York because of the parties he holds. Nick attends one of the parties. No one there knows the truth about how Gatsby got so wealthy or how he got to where he is in life. Gatsby is no where to be found, so Nick and Jordan go out to find him. Nick and Jordan find sitting outside at a table. Nick and Gatsby talk for a while until Gatsby gets a phone call. Nick takes Tom and Daisy's advice and starts seeing Jordan, even though he thinks she is untrustworthy. Gatsby takes Nick to lunch one day and tells him about his past. Nick realizes that his story doesn't really add up, but then Gatsby shows him examples of what he said to prove that it's true. As they are entering the city, Gatsby gets pulled over, but is left alone when he shows the officer a card. He introduces Nick to Meyer Wolfshiem, who was supposedly responsible for fixing the World Series. Wolfshiem has connections with underground business and that makes Nick believe that Gatsby's wealth has something to do with this. Nick meets up with Jordan, who tells him that Gatsby is in love with Daisy. Jordan tells Nick that Daisy fell in love with Gatsby when he was a military officer in her town. She also says that he bought his mansion in West Egg so he could be closer to her. Gatsby asked Jordan to try to convince Nick to have him and Daisy meet up.