Summary Of The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

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1.The plot of Chapter 1, that is most crucial is when Nick sees Gatsby. He sees Gatsby for the first time, standing on the lawn, putting his hands out. He was reaching towards the water and on the other side, there was a green light, that marked the end of a dock.

2. Nick characterizes himself as being highly moral. Nick also says that he is highly tolerant. He is also non-judgemental.

3.Nick characterized Tom as a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. He said that Tom had been one of the most powerful ends that had ever played football at New Haven. Nick said that he was one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savors of anti-climax.

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