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Summary of “The Great Gatsby”

The Great Gatsby is a book about rich people that are
fighting about women, money etc. After I read this book I
realized that even if you are rich you don’t have to be
happy. There are two main characters: Nick Carraway and Jay
Gatsby, both rich men. Here’s the story in a short
version... Nick Carraway is a young man from a wealthy
family, living in a Middle Western city. The Carraway’s are
something of a clan actually. Nick’s grandfather came here
in 1851 and started a business, which his father carries on
today. Nick graduated from Yale University in 1915, and just
a little later he was in the Great War. When he came back he
decided to go East and learn the bond business. He came East
permanently in the spring of 1922. He found a house on the
island which extends due East of New York. He has a
beautiful house in a place called West Egg. That was on Long
Island.
He made contact......

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