Setting:
- North America, east of New York
- Western, Long Island
- West Egg: less fashionable
- East Egg: more fashionable
- Gatsby's mansion: contrasts Nick small house
- Daisy's house: luxuriously big.
Characters mentioned in Chapter One:
- Narrator - Nick: bombarded with opulence and luxury.
- Daisy: childish, innocent, naive and simple.
- Tom: strong, aggressive, powerful, in control, arrogance of wealth. A physical character - "hulking".
Expected story from Chapter One:
- Societies roles being challenged
- Social affairs
Themes presented:
- Aspirations and the American Dream
- The power of money
- Appearance and reality
- Artificiality
- Identity
- Love and desire
- The nature of the good life
- Betrayal
- Male and female expectations
- Loneliness
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