TITLE: The Great Gatsby
            
             AUTHOR: Scott Fitzgerald
            
             PLOT: This story is told entirely through Nick Caraway's eyes. He is the narrator. It takes place on Long Island in 1922. Nick is part of the new rich group. He is a newly rich man living in West Egg, a wealthy area on Long Island. His neighbor, Jay Gatsby, intrigues him. Jay has lavish parties at his gothic-like mansion every Saturday night. And Nick doesn't know anything about Jay. Where he is from, what he does, or how he became incredibly wealthy. Nick one night decides to drive out to East Egg to have dinner with his cousin Daisy Buchanan, and her husband Tom, he is introduced to Jordan Baker, a beautiful young golfer with who he ends up having a romantic relationship. Nick finds out from Jordan that Tom has a lover named Myrtle Wilson. As the story goes on Nick learns more about his mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He learns that Gatsby is in love with Daisy. He knew her in Louisville in 1917. He stares at her dock from across the bay from his mansion. His extravagant lifestyle and wild parties are an attempt to impress her. Nick has Daisy and Gatsby meet and they begin to have an affair. Tom finds out about this affair and confronts Gatsby. Tom announces to his wife that Gatsby is a criminal-his fortune comes from bootlegging alcohol and other criminal activities. Then daisy realizes that her devotion is to Tom and Tom sends her back to East Egg with Gatsby. Shockingly, Nick Jordan and Tom discover, while driving home that Gatsby's car has struck and killed Myrtle, Tom's lover. When they get back to Long Island, Nick Learns from Gatsby that Daisy was driving the car when it struck Myrtle. But Gatsby intends to take the blame. The next day, Tom tells Myrtle's husband George that Gatsby was the driver of the car; George finds Gatsby in the pool at his mansion and shoots him dead. There is a small funeral for Gatsby, ends his relationship with Jordan, then moves back to the Midwest ...