The Great Gatsby  | Chapter 1 Summary & Analysis | F. Scott Fitzgerald
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0:08 in Chapter one of the Great Gatsby we find 29 year-old Nick Carraway reflecting on his recent experiences of his life he's graduated from Yale and
0:18 has served in the Army he then decides to leave the Midwest and move to New York he takes up residency in West Egg a Long Island community he rents a home
0:29 next to Jay Gatsby who's a wealthy and mysterious businessman now just across the bay lives Nick's cousin socialite Daisy Buchanan with her brutish husband
0:40 Tom Buchanan now after arriving Nick is invited to dinner at the Buchanan's home he meets Daisy's friend professional golfer
0:48 Jordan Baker now during the dinner before discussed superficial matters now Tom he gets up he leaves to take a phone call now while he's gone Jordan reveals
0:59 he must be talking to his mistress a woman in New York he makes no attempt to hide when he comes home Nick sees his neighbor Jay Gatsby emerge from his
1:09 mansion Nick watches as Gatsby stares off into the distance with his arms outstretched reaching toward a green light across the bay in this chapter
1:19 Nick is revealed to be an honest narrator reflections on his father's advice suggests Nick is non-judgmental and moral
1:26 this is the perfect lens to view a story of deception superficiality and immorality because of his background it's clear he will fit into both social
1:37 circles old-money of East Egg and new-money of West Egg now old my new residents like Tom Buchanan they're arrogant new money residents like Jay
1:47 Gatsby are vulnerable Nick is the perfect balance narrator to navigate both groups without bias now the author Fitzgerald uses detailed descriptions to
1:59 highlight the love in which the characters live we're talking grand mansions Butler's and silver polishes horse stables women
2:08 described as balloons merely float through life Daisy and Jordan are foolish and flighting tom is insensitive and expects to have his way
2:19 this leaves Nick slightly confused discussed it with their lifestyle now the green light Gatsby is reaching toward toward the end of the chapter is
2:29 deeply symbolic in literature Green is often symbolic of money Nick later realizes that the light emanates from the end of the Buchanans dog as the
2:41 novel progresses it's revealed that Gatsby amassed his wealth in hopes of winning Daisy's love [Music]