The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

Nick Carraway is the narrator in this story. He starts the story by saying how his father told him not to judge other people, because he tends to judge people with very high standards.Nick writes about when he arrived to New York, and lived in a house on a part of Long Island called West Egg.West Egg is where the people that have recently become wealthy live and is right next to East Egg which is where all the people who have been wealthy for a while live. Nick's house is just a modern home, but he lives next to a man named Gatsby whose house is a mansion. Nick goes over to his cousin Daisy's house, who lives on East Egg, to have dinner with her and her husband Tom. Jordan Baker, a friend of Daisy's is also there, she plays golf. Tom leaves for a while to take a phone call,which Nick finds out is from a girl i nNew York.After dinner Jordan is tired and leaves because she has a golf tournament the next day. As Nick is leaving Daisy tells Nick that he should think about getting close with Jordan. Nick leaves and sees Gatsby for the first time.He has his arms reaching toward the water. Nick looks at the water but doesn't see anything but a green light.