The Great Gatsby (Chapter 1 Notes)

• The setting: West Egg and East Egg 
• West Egg- poor community, Gatsby lives here, Nick the narrator to
• East Egg- rich community, Daisy and Tom live here
• Four main characters- Daisy, Tom, Nick and Gatsby 
• Takes place in the 1920's 
• Nick quiet mysterious type of guy 
• Tom is rich an ideal person 
• Tom also has an affair with someone 
• Daisy is Toms wife