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svisitstoLongIsland'
snorthshoreandhisexperienceattendingpartiesatmansionsinspiredTheGreatGatsby'
ssetting.Todaythereareanumberoftheoriesastowhichmansionwastheinspirationforthebook.OnepossibilityisLand'
sEnd,anotableGoldCoastMansionwhereFitzgeraldmayhaveattendedaparty.[7]ManyoftheeventsinFitzgerald'
searlylifearereflectedthroughoutTheGreatGatsby.FitzgeraldwasayoungmanfromMinnesota,andlikeNick,hewaseducatedatanIvyLeagueschool,Princeton(inNick'
scase,Yale.)FitzgeraldisalsosimilartoJayGatsby,ashefellinlovewhilestationedinthemilitaryandfellintoalifeofdecadencetryingtoprovehimselftothegirlheloves.Fitzgeraldbecameasecondlieutenant,andwasstationedatCampSheridan,inMontgomery,Alabama.Therehemetandfellinlovewithawildseventeen-year-oldbeautynamedZeldaSayre.Zeldafinallyagreedtomarryhim,butherpreferenceforwealth,fun,andleisureledhertodelaytheirweddinguntilhecouldproveasuccess.[8]LikeNickinTheGreatGatsby,Fitzgeraldfoundthisnewlifestyleseductiveandexciting,and,likeGatsby,hehadalwaysidolizedtheveryrich.[8]Inmanyways,TheGreatGatsbyrepresentsFitzgerald'
sattempttoconfronthisconflictingfeelingsabouttheJazzAge.LikeGatsby,Fitzgeraldwasdrivenbyhisloveforawomanwhosymbolizedeverythinghewanted,evenassheledhimtowardeverythinghedespised.[8]
InherbookCarelessPeople:
Murder,MayhemandtheInventionof'
TheGreatGatsby'
(2013),SarahChurchwellspeculatesthatpartsoftheendingofTheGreatGatsby(1925)byF.ScottFitzgeraldwerebasedontheHall-MillsCase.[9]Basedonherforensicsearchforclues,sheassertsthatthetwovictimsintheHalls-MillsmurdercaseinspiredthecharacterswhoweremurderedinTheGreatGatsby.[10]
Plotsummary[edit]
Themaineventsofthenoveltakeplaceinthesummerof1922.NickCarraway,aYalegraduateandWorldWarIveteranfromtheMidwest–whoservesasthenovel'
snarrator–takesajobinNewYorkasabondsalesman.HerentsasmallhouseonLongIsland,inthe(fictional)villageofWestEgg,nextdoortothelavishmansionofJayGatsby,amysteriousmillionairewhoholdsextravagantpartiesbutdoesnotparticipateinthem.NickdrivesaroundthebaytoEastEggfordinneratthehomeofhiscousin,DaisyFayBuchanan,andherhusband,Tom,acollegeacquaintanceofNick'
s.TheyintroduceNicktoJordanBaker,anattractive,cynicalyounggolferwithwhomNickbeginsaromanticrelationship.SherevealstoNickthatTomhasamistress,MyrtleWilson,wholivesinthe"
valleyofashes"
:
[11]anindustrialdumpinggroundbetweenWestEggandNewYorkCity.Notlongafterthisrevelation,NicktravelstoNewYorkCitywithTomandMyrtletoanapartmenttheykeepfortheiraffair.Attheapartment,avulgarandbizarrepartytakesplace.ItendswithTombreakingMyrtle'
snoseaftersheannoyshimbysayingDaisy'
snameseveraltimes.
ThePlazaHotelintheearly1920s
Asthesummerprogresses,NickeventuallyreceivesaninvitationtooneofGatsby'
sparties.NickencountersJordanBakerattheparty,andtheymeetGatsbyhimself,analoofandsurprisinglyyoungmanwhorecognizesNickfromtheirsamedivisioninthewar.ThroughJordan,NicklaterlearnsthatGatsbyknewDaisyfromaromanticencounterin1917andisdeeplyinlovewithher.Hespendsmanynightsstaringatthegreenlightattheendofherdock,acrossthebayfromhismansion,hopingtoonedayrekindletheirlostromance.Gatsby'
sextravagantlifestyleandwildpartiesareanattempttoimpressDaisyinthehopethatshewillonedayappearagainatGatsby'
sdoorstep.GatsbynowwantsNicktoarrangeareunionbetweenhimselfandDaisy.NickinvitesDaisytohaveteaathishouse,withouttellingherthatGatsbywillalsobethere.Afteraninitiallyawkwardreunion,GatsbyandDaisyreestablishtheirconnection.Theybeginanaffairand,afterashorttime,Tomgrowsincreasinglysuspiciousofhiswife'
srelationshipwithGatsby.AtaluncheonattheBuchanans'
house,DaisyspeakstoGatsbywithsuchundisguisedintimacythatTomrealizessheisinlovewithGatsby.ThoughTomishimselfinvolvedinanextramaritalaffair,heisoutragedbyhiswife'
sinfidelity.HeforcesthegrouptodriveintoNewYorkCityandconfrontsGatsbyinasuiteatthePlazaHotel,assertingthatheandDaisyhaveahistorythatGatsbycouldneverunderstand.Inadditiontothat,heannouncestohiswifethatGatsbyisacriminalwhosefortunecomesfrombootleggingalcoholandotherillegalactivities.DaisyrealizesthatherallegianceistoTom,andTomcontemptuouslysendsherbacktoEastEggwithGatsby,attemptingtoprovethatGatsbycannothurthim.
WhenNick,Jordan,andTomdrivethroughthevalleyofashes[11]ontheirwayhome,theydiscoverthatGatsby'
scarhasstruckandkilledTom'
smistress,Myrtle.NicklaterlearnsfromGatsbythatDaisy,notGatsbyhimself,wasdrivingthecaratthetimeoftheaccidentbutGatsbyintendstotaketheblameanyway.Myrtle'
shusband,George,falselyconcludesthatthedriveroftheyellowcaristhesecretloverherecentlybegansuspectingshehas,andsetsoutonfoottolocateitsowner.AfterfindingouttheyellowcarisGatsby'
s,hearrivesatGatsby'
smansionwherehefatallyshootsbothGatsbyandthenhimself.NickstagesanunsettlinglysmallfuneralforGatsby,endshisrelationshipwithJordan,andmovesbacktotheMidwest,disillusionedwiththeEasternlifestyle.
Majorcharacters[edit]
∙NickCarraway
–aYalegraduateoriginatingfromtheMidwest,aWorldWarIveteran,and,atthestartoftheplot,anewlyarrivedresidentofWestEgg,whoisaged29(later30).Healsoservesasthefirst-personnarratorofthenovel.HeisGatsby'
snext-doorneighborandabondsalesman.Heiseasy-going,occasionallysarcastic,andsomewhatoptimistic,althoughthislatterqualityfadesasthenovelprogresses.
∙JayGatsby(originallyJames"
Jimmy"
Gatz)
–ayoung,mysteriousmillionairewithshadybusinessconnections(laterrevealedtobeabootlegger),originallyfromNorthDakota.HeisobsessedwithDaisyBuchanan,abeautifuldebutante,fromLouisville,KentuckywhomhehadmetwhenhewasayoungmilitaryofficerstationedattheArmy'
sCampTaylorinLouisvilleduringWorldWarI.FitzgeraldhimselfwasactuallybasedatCampTaylorinLouisvillewhenhewasintheArmyandmakesvariousreferencestoLouisvilleinthenovel,includingtheSeelbachHotelwheretheBuchananpartystayedwhileintownforTomandDaisy'
swedding.ThecharacterisbasedonthebootleggerandformerWorldWarIofficerMaxGerlach,accordingtoSomeSortofEpicGrandeur,MatthewJ.Bruccoli'
sbiographyofF.ScottFitzgerald.GatsbyissaidtohavebrieflystudiedatTrinityCollege,OxfordinEnglandaftertheendofWorldWarI.[12]
∙DaisyFayBuchanan
–anattractiveandeffervescent,ifshallowandself-absorbed,youngLouisville,Kentuckydebutanteandsocialite,identifiedasaflapper.[13]SheisNick'
ssecondcousin,onceremoved;
andthewifeofTomBuchanan.DaisyisbelievedtohavebeeninspiredbyFitzgerald'
sownyouthfulromanceswithGinevraKing.DaisyoncehadaromanticrelationshipwithGatsby,beforeshemarriedTom.HerchoicebetweenGatsbyandTomisoneofthecentralconflictsinthenovel.
∙Thomas"
Tom"
Buchanan
–amillionairewholivesonEastEgg,andDaisy'
shusband.Tomisanimposingmanofmuscularbuildwitha"
huskytenor"
voiceandarrogantdemeanor.HeisaformerfootballstaratYale.BuchananhasparallelswithWilliamMitchell,theChicagoanwhomarriedGinevraKing.BuchananandMitchellwerebothChicagoanswithaninterestinpolo.LikeGinevra'
sfather,whomFitzgeraldresented,BuchananattendedYaleandisawhitesupremacist.[14]
∙JordanBaker
–DaisyBuchanan'
slong-timefriendwith"
autumn-leafyellow"
hair,afirmathleticbody,andanaloofattitude.SheisNickCarraway'
sgirlfriendformostofthenovelandanamateurgolferwithaslightlyshadyreputationandapenchantforuntruthfulness.FitzgeraldtoldMaxwellPerkinsthatJordanwasbasedonthegolferEdithCummings,afriendofGinevraKing.[14]Hernameisaplayonthetwothen-popularautomobilebrands,theJordanMotorCarCompanyandtheBakerMotorVehicle,alludingtoJordan'
s"
fast"
reputationandthefreedomnowpresentedtoAmericans,especiallywomen,inthe1920s.[15][16][17]
∙GeorgeB.Wilson
–amechanicandownerofagarage.Heisdislikedbybothhiswife,MyrtleWilson,andTomBuchanan,whodescribeshimas"
sodumbhedoesn'
tknowhe'
salive."
Whenhelearnsofthedeathofhiswife,heshootsandkillsGatsby,wronglybelievinghehadbeendrivingthecarthatkilledMyrtle,andthenkillshimself.
∙MyrtleWilson
–George'
swife,andTomBuchanan'
smistress.Myrtle,whopossessesafiercevitality,isdesperatetofindrefugefromhercomplacentmarriage,butunfortunatelythisleadstohertragicendi
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