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The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, tells the story of Nick Carraway's life in West Egg, and his relationships with people from the more prestigious and wealthy East Egg, including none other than Jay Gatsby. Acting as the novel's narrator, Nick Carraway tells of his interactions with Tom Buchanan, a "hulking brute of a man" from Yale, Nick's Distant cousin Daisy Buchanan, the small breasted golf star Jordan Baker, and Tom's …

…that facts are skewed when different witnesses give an account on the same event. Using great characterization of interesting characters, and detailed setting descriptions, F. Scott Fitzgerald conveys a very good depiction of wealth, and it's effect on different types of people. Through the first four chapters of the novel, it is very clear what type of people Nick interacts with, and also crystal-clear how the settings have direct relationships to the inhabitants and story.