The Great Gatsby

Part I of Essay
by F. Scott Fitzgerald is set in the 1920’s during the Jazz Age. Nick Carraway is a man in his late twenties residing on West Egg island in Long Island, New York living a “normal” life. That is, until he meets his mysterious neighbor, a wealthy man named Jay Gatsby. He ....

Part II of Essay
.... town after an argument amongst the group of friends when they passed the Wilson’s gas station. Mrs. Wilson ran out to Gatsby’s car, because they were driving Tom’s car, and was hit. Mr. Wilson went positively crazy, and Nick felt torn by his mixed feelings towards his supposed friend Gatsby. “I disliked him so much by this time that I didn’t find it necessary to tell him he was wrong.” Gatsby’s insensitivity brought on by his lifestyle made Nick despise him. This is the part where I think Nick really started opening his eyes t ....