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[edit] Plot summary
Nick Carraway, a bond dealer from the Midwest, befriends his neighbor Jay Gatsby, an extremely wealthy man known for hosting lavish soirées in his Long Island mansion. Gatsby's great wealth is a subject of much rumor; none of the guests Nick meets at Gatsby's parties know much about his past. Nick also visits Tom Buchanan, a phenomenally wealthy former college athlete, and his wife Daisy, who is Nick's cousin.
Gatsby is famous for his parties. Every Saturday, hundreds of people come to Gatsby's house for the lavish parties. Nick soon finds himself in this party scene, although he states that he despises the entire concept of mindless entertainment. Later, Nick learns from Gatsby that Gatsby was holding these parties in hopes that Daisy, his long-time lover, would stumble into one of them by chance. Daisy and Gatsby soon begin an affair after a meeting arranged, at Gatsby's request, by Nick which is at first strained (unnerving Nick), but turns more communicative when Gatsby begins to relax. In the meantime, Nick and Jordan, a character first introduced during Nick's first visit to Tom and Daisy's domain, start a relationship, which Nick already predicts will be superficial.
Eventually, Tom notices Gatsby's love for Daisy and that Gatsby is also a bootlegger. Tom claims that he's been "researching" about Gatsby and expresses his hatred towards Gatsby by untactfully accusing Gatsby of illegal activities. During this scene, Gatsby forces Daisy to claim that she has never loved Tom in hopes of erasing the last five years of her past so that she may just come back to him. Daisy says what Gatsby tells her to say, but hesitantly. Tom, noticing this uncomfortable bond between Daisy and Gatsby, orders them to drive back home from the hotel back to Tom's house together, mocking Gatsby in that he knows nothing can happen between Daisy and Gatsby. Tom takes his time getting home with Nick and Jordan.
George Wilson and his wife, Myrtle, with whom Tom is having an affair, are also having an argument. She runs out of the house, only to be hit by Gatsby's car, driven by Daisy, and is killed instantly. On the way back home, Tom, Jordan, and Nick notice a car accident. Tom mutters that Wilson, the auto repairman, will finally have some business, but stops shortly after noticing something wrong.Tom soon realizes that his lover is dead. During this grotesque scene, Wilson comes out of his shop, half-insane and half in shock and talks about a yellow car. Tom leads Wilson into a private place and tells him that the yellow car was not his - Tom was driving Gatsby's yellow car when they were driving to the hotel and stopped by at Wilson's for gasoline. Wilson does not seem to listen and from that point and on, Wilson is portrayed as an insane character. He stays up all night rocking back and forth, muttering nonsense while his neighbor patiently watches over him. He finally connects that whoever driving that yellow car must have been the man Myrtle was having an affair with and makes up his mind to find that yellow car.
He finds himself in Tom's house with a gun and Tom - while in the midst of packing for an escape trip with Daisy - gives Wilson Gatsby's name. In the meantime, Gatsby is sitting by his pool, which he wishes to remain undrained, although it is autumn. Gatsby is overwhelmed with depression thinking that Daisy no longer loves him enough to leave Tom. While he is still hoping for a call from Daisy, Wilson comes and shoots Gatsby and commits suicide on the lawn not too far away.
The press and police label Wilson as "insane" the moment they see what has happened. This angers Nick because Wilson was the average man who went to work everyday, had a wife, and led a happy life without trying to fulfill impossible dreams who then eventually ended up dying a death caused by Tom's affair.
With Gatsby dead, Nick tries to find people who will attend his funeral only to find that not even his business partners will be there to mourn for him. Finally, Mr. Gatz, Jay Gatsby's father (Gatsby was a fake name) comes to the funeral, calling Jay little "Jimmy" and apparently still trapped in the past, as he kept pointing to pictures of Gatsby's house that he has held onto for quite a bit.
Only three people attend Gatsby's actual funeral. During the funeral, Owl eyes says "That poor son-of-a-bitch," but aside from that, nothing else is said. After permanently breaking up connections between Jordan, Tom, and Daisy, Nick leaves and goes back to the Midwest.
