Chapter 1 introduces the character of Nick Carraway, a quiet, reflective man, who moved from the West United States to West Egg, Long Island to work in the bond business. West Egg was the side of Long Island where all the “new money” affluent individuals lived. In contrast, East Egg was full of elegant homes of the wealthiest “old money” aristocrats in New York. One night Nick travels to East Egg to eat dinner with his strikingly gorgeous cousin Daisy Buchanan who was the perfect depiction of an Easy Egg women – beautiful, sophisticated, graceful and seemingly carefree. During dinner, Nick learns of Daisy’s husband Tom’s alleged affair with a women in the city. At the conclusion of dinner Nick has a private conversation with Daisy in which
