Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Great Gatsby-mental map
- Tom
- Daisy's brute husband, incredibly rich.
- Nick
- The story's narrator, humble origins, Daisy's cousin, Gatsby's best friend.
- Chapter 3
- In this chapter starts the real relationship between Gatsby and Nick.
- Nick meets an unknown man who tells him that he looks familiar. They talk about having both
been in the war. Turns out, the mysterious man is the mysterious Gatsby.
- Nick gets an invitation from Gatsby to assist to one of Gatby's famous parties.
- Daisy
- Beautiful woman of the elite social class, in love with Gatsby.
- Gatsby
- Sorprisingly rich, business man whose one desire is to be reunited with Daisy again. (He's in love with her).
- Chapter 2
- Nick travels to the city with Tom, who insists on stopping to show Nick his mistress (Myrtle, the wife of
an auto mechanic named George B. Wilson).
- In the city, they arrive into an apartment and meet up with others, including a Mr. McKee
and Myrtle's sister, Catherine. They drink a lot, and Nick gets drunk for the second time
in his life.
- Nick notice that Tom doesn't love Daisy, and Myrtle doesn't love her husband neither.
- Chapter 1
- Tom's father advice: "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in
this world haven't had the advantages that you've had".
- Nick Carraway lives next to a huge mansion inhabited by a mysterious Mr. Gatsby. More on him later.
- Nick got dinner with his cousin, Daisy. When he gets back home, he notice that Gatsby is staring at a strange green light.