The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 Analysis

The Great Gatsby chapter summary
Chapter 1
In chapter one of the Great Gatsby we are introduced to the narrator Nick Carraway, a young man who has moved from the Midwest Of America to West Egg in New York to become a bonds salesman. We discover that the events that Nick is going to tell us about happened a year ago and he is retelling the story of his time in West Egg and his experiences with Gatsby. Nick moved to New York and rents a small house next to a mansion which is owned by Gatsby. On the other side of the bay lies East Egg, this is the more fashionable of the two and is home to Daisy Buchanan, Nicks second cousin and Tom Buchanan a former Yale polo player. In chapter 1 Nick visits Tom and Daisy's estate. There is a women unknown
This is the first time we are introduced to Myrtle Wilson, Toms mistress. Myrtles husband owns a car repair garage. After talking to George Wilson, myrtle leaves her husband at the garage thinking she is going into New York to visit her sister. Tom, Myrtle and Nick make their way to their apartment, during this Myrtle decides to buy a dog . Once they arrive at the apartment Myrtle calls her sister and her friends The McKees. Their time at the apartment is spent getting very drunk and discussing topics like Myrtles marriage and how she is desperate to improve her life. As everyone is extremely intoxicated Tom gets very aggravated by Myrtle mentioning Daisies name and when she repetitively says it he lashes out and breaks Myrtles nose. The evening then ends and Nick makes his way
It is a extremely hot day when Nick, Gatsby and Jordan go to lunch at Tom and Daisies. Daisy confesses her love for Gatsby when Tom leaves the room to talk to Myrtle on the phone. Daisy then suggests they go into New York City. Tom is very suspicious about Daisy and Gatsby and comes to the conclusion that they are having an affair. On the route into town Tom stops at Wilson's garage as he is low on gas to discover that he is very unwell and himself and Myrtle will be moving West as he has learnt that Myrtle has been having an affair with a man he is not sure of yet. The group then head to a room in the Plaza hotel where Tom confronts Gatsby . Gatsby then declares that Daisy never loved Tom, but Daisy did love Tom for a short while and therefore doesn't back Gatsby up. Tom then orders Gatsby and Daisy to head back home and Tom, Jordan and Nick follow closely behind. The narration then turns to Wilson who has been found by a man named Michaelis. Myrtle then runs away from her husband and is hit by a passing car that fails to stop. Tom pulls over in his car to discover the body is myrtles, he is very upset . Tom then finds out that the car description of the one that killed Myrtle matches Gatsby's. Back at East Egg Nick finds out that it was Daisy that was driving the car that killed