The Great Gatsby

What illusions sparkle under the lights of Gatsby’s endless parties? And what hidden realities do they attempt to mask? Chapter 3 of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby plunges you, alongside narrator Nick Carraway, directly into the heart of Jay Gatsby’s extravagant world. This chapter marks your (and Nick’s) crucial first encounter with the enigmatic

What harsh truths lie beneath the glittering facade of an era of excess, and what occurs when stark social divides are breached? Following the introduction to Long Island’s wealthy enclaves in Chapter 1, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby dramatically shifts tone and setting in Chapter 2. Narrator Nick Carraway is unwillingly pulled into the

What happens when the American Dream becomes a dangerous obsession? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) plunges readers into the heart of the Jazz Age, a world shimmering with promise yet shadowed by disillusionment. We meet the magnetic Jay Gatsby through narrator Nick Carraway’s eyes on Long Island’s opulent shores in 1922. Gatsby’s legendary

What happens when the American Dream becomes a dangerous obsession? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) plunges readers into the heart of the Jazz Age, a world shimmering with promise yet shadowed by disillusionment. Narrated by Nick Carraway, the novel chronicles his experiences on Long Island during the summer of 1922 as he encounters

How much can you trust a story when the storyteller admits to reserving judgment yet immediately begins to judge? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby opens by introducing its narrator, Nick Carraway, as he embarks on a fateful summer in 1922 on Long Island. This first chapter is a crucial entry point into the glittering,