The Great Gatsby - Summary

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel that is about a man named Nick who moves to West Egg in Long Island and happens to move right next to a man named James Gatz, who is known simply as Gatsby. The story is told through Nick's point of view where he visits Daisy and Tom (old friends of his), meets Tom's secret lover and her husband, and learns a lot about Gatsby, his friends, and even himself. Gatsby is a man who came from nothing, and yet he tells Tom that he has come from such a great background. Now Daisy and Tom used to be madly in love when they were young, but due to Gatsby going into the military, they had to separate. But when Gatsby came back, he was sad to find out she moved on. Still in love with her, he bought a house on West Egg just so that he can see the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. Gatsby always through these huge extravagant parties parties so that he could see if anyone knew Daisy, but that was to no avail. However, through Nick he was able to meet up with Daisy and it seemed as if a spark was created. In the end, Gatsby ends up getting shot and killed because him and Daisy hit Tom's lover whose husband became furious and murdered him in the pool. Nick plans his funeral and everything. only for no one to show up. And Gatsby made so much money because he was a bootlegger.