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What is the name of the narrator in The Great Gatsby?
Where did Nick Carraway move to work in the bond business?
What is the main difference between West Egg and East Egg?
How does Nick Carraway describe Gatsby's mansion?
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What does Nick Carraway say he learned from his father about judging people?
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The Great Gatsby
- The narrator of The Great Gatsby is Nick Carraway.
- Nick Carraway moves to Long Island's West Egg to work in the bond business.
- The main difference between West Egg and East Egg is their social status, with West Egg being the less fashionable and less aristocratic of the two.
- Nick Carraway describes Gatsby's mansion as a grand, elaborate, and ornate structure with a "factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy".
- Nick Carraway learned from his father that one should not judge people based on first impressions, as "in his younger and more vulnerable years his father gave him some advice that he’s been turning over in his mind ever since".
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Explore the summary and analysis of the first chapter of The Great Gatsby, a novel narrated by a young man named Nick Carraway. Get insights into the character and themes introduced in this chapter.
