The plot centres on a fictional World War I army veteran named Nick Carraway. ... Carraway soon became a good friend with his rich neighbour next door, Gatsby, and soon was exposed to many rumours about this man which caused him to question his relationship with him. ... Carraway later found out from Jordan, that Gatzby was once in love with Tom Buchanan's wife, Daisy. ... Daisy soon rekindles the love between her and Gatsby and it turns into a secret affair that only a few, including Carraway, are aware. ...

• Word Count: 779
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The eyes are always mentioned whenever Nick is there. ... Nick sees it as a kind of carelessness. ... The four main characters of the story were Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan. Nick Carraway is the narrator of this story. ... Even though Nick is the narrator he should not be completely trusted. ...

• Word Count: 1233
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Sunlight, starlight and moonlight are all plentiful in Nick Carraway's account, but so is twilight – that period of time when the sun has just set and the stars and moon have not yet risen. ... Yet it serves as a bridge between the two, bringing to light the then-unknown history between the two to Nick Carraway. ... As Nick Carraway puts it, the "colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever". ... There is a constant sense of melancholy, and the pervasive twilight lends a certain gloomy ambience; the streets of New York that Nick Carraway walks are constantl...

• Word Count: 1220
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald Nick Carraway moved to West Egg in the summer on 1922. ... The main characters consist of Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Jordan Baker, Daisy and Tom Buchanan and Myrtle and George Wilson. ... Nick may not approve of Gatsby, yet he still thinks of him as great, and looks up to him. ... Nick Carraway is the narrator in this story, he narrates in both first and third person. ... Some foreshadowing at the beginning of the story is the car wreck Nick also talks about how unfortunate it would be for one bad driver to run into another bad driver. ...

• Word Count: 1246
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Nick Carraway, Daisy's cousin, lives next door to Gatsby and narrates the story. However, Carraway is very undependable as far as narrating goes. ... "He wants [you] to invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over,"" as a friend told Carraway. ... When the two met again at Carraway's house, they were speechless. ...

• Word Count: 521
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The novel describes the time period of which Fitzgerald was from and discusses the experiences of a character named Nick Carraway and the acquaintances he makes during the year that the novel takes place. ... This is where Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby, also two main characters, live. ... Nick compares the green light to how America, rising out of the ocean, must have looked to early settlers of the new nation. ...

• Word Count: 762
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Soon he meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Daisy, whom agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know... if you'll invite Daisy, who agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know...if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over." ... Nick attempts to show Jay the folly of his dream, but Jay innocently replies to Nick's assertion that the past cannot be relived by saying, "Yes you can, old sport." ...

• Word Count: 511
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby is a book written about a man named Nick Carraway and his relationships with many different people that he met when he moved to New York. Throughout the book, Nick learns a lot about the people around him, and especially his neighbor Jay Gatsby. ... Nick didn't know anything about himself when he first moved to New York. ... Nick's father gave him this advice when he was younger. Nick probably didn't understand this advice until much later in his life, when he could finally grasp hold of the true meaning of judgements. ...

• Word Count: 687
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby is a book written about a man named Nick Carraway and his relationships with many different people that he met when he moved to New York. Throughout the book, Nick learns a lot about the people around him, and especially his neighbor Jay Gatsby. ... Nick didn't know anything about himself when he first moved to New York. ... Nick's father gave him this advice when he was younger. Nick probably didn't understand this advice until much later in his life, when he could finally grasp hold of the true meaning of judgements. ...

• Word Count: 726
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

White is often related to Daisy, such as when Nick first mentions when he sees Daisy at her home in East Egg that Daisy is wearing a white dress. ... To Nick. ... The idea of race is also shown on page 67 where Nick sees a limousine "As we crossed Blackwell's Island a limousine passed us, driven by a white chauffeur in which sat three modish negroes, to bucks and a girl. ... This quote also shows Nick Carraway to be somewhat racist too. ...

• Word Count: 679
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The introduction to the color green comes at the end of chapter 1, when Nick Carraway sees Jay Gatsby for the first time standing in front of his house. ... This is gathered in Nick's description of the East Egg and the West Egg: " I lived at West Egg, the "well, the less fashionable of the two . ... He tells Nick in a prior conversation that he inherited his money, and then later he talks about how it took him "just three years to earn the money that bought it [his mansion]. ...

• Word Count: 773
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Soon Gatsby meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Daisy, who agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know...if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over, "(Fitzgerald 83). ... Nick attempts to show Jay the other side of his dream, but Jay replies to Nick that the past cannot be relived by saying, "Yes you can, old sport." ...

• Word Count: 672
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Explain the statement: "Her voice is full of money." What does this imply? In the book, "The Great Gatsby," Daisy Buchanan is Tom Buchanan's wife, and Nick Carraway's second cousin. Before Daisy and Tom are married, Daisy and Gatsby meet, and start seeing eachother. Gatsby has not grown up with...

• Word Count: 395
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Nick Carraway, the novel's narrator, is tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and a good listener, the exact opposite of Daisy and Tom who are fickle, shallow, and sometimes bored with their wealth. ... Towards the beginning of the story, Nick is visiting Tom and Daisy. ... While Nick gets this type of image from Daisy, Nick views Gatsby as a deeply flawed man, dishonest and vulgar, whose extraordinary optimism and power to transform his dreams into reality make him "great" nonetheless. ... At one point he said to Nick," I don't want you to get the wrong idea of me from the stories you he...

• Word Count: 966
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The Midwest is where Nick has been living all his life "My Family has been prominent , well to do people in this Middle Western city for three generations", It is a place of tradition , security , and where family values are more important than money."..a complacent from growing up in the Carraway house in a city where dwellings are still called through decades by a family's name" From descriptions of the Midwest , and from Nick's speech about his father's advice , " "Whenever you feel like criticising anyone ." he told me , "just remember that all the people in this world haven...

• Word Count: 1247
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Nick Carraway is Daisy's second cousin and has befriended Gatsby; he is the eyes and ears for us in the story. ... When Nick tells him, ""I wouldn't expect too much of her you can't repeat the past."" ...

• Word Count: 759
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The novel tells the story of Nick Carraway who is also the novel's narrator. ... Nick receives an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties and befriends him, only to find out that Gatsby wants Nick to re-introduce him to his cousin Daisy Buchanan from East Egg, a girl Gatsby's been in love with for years. ... As the novel progresses Nick is the beholder of the devastating chain of events that occur since the beginning of Gatsby's and Daisy's relationship, with some of them affecting even his life. ...

• Word Count: 956
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The characters in this novel are Nick Carraway, who is also the narrator, Jay Gatsby is the Protagonist, Daisy is a young and wealthy lady who Jay loves, and Tom Buchanan who is Daisy's husband. ...

• Word Count: 792
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Romance & Drama: There is an enormous quantity of categories in which fiction books fall into. Romance and Drama are just two of the many categories there is. So the question is what makes a good romance book? Or a good romance story? First of all, romance books should always relate to the h...

• Word Count: 639
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is narrated by Nick Carraway, his morality and neutrality causes the reader to be more sympathetic to his views. ... The Buchanans house on the other hand has all the history and luxurious style to merit Nick's opinion. ...

• Word Count: 1099
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Gatsby and Daisy Gatsby was a young officer when they first met "they were so engrossed in each other" that no one could separate them. The love they shared for one another was undeniable even back then. Jay does whatever he can to make the love of his life in good spirits. Without question they bo...

• Word Count: 1076
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School