The Great Gatsby. Pages 13 - 21

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

This part of the book provides a look into the lifestyle people are living during the early twenties. We were introduced to several characters earlier and now we are introduced more to their personalities. Tom Buchanan, a rich man who had recently settled down in the East, seems paranoid and restless. We see in Tom the turn of the century racism and fear of other races threatening the security of white dominance. Daisy seems to give off a light-hearted and almost care free vibe. Miss Baker, to me anyway, seems to be the typical snooty rich girl. One who you would see on VH1's "You're Cut Off". Pages 13 to 24 serve as a look into the turn of the century life that many upper class people were living. Fitzgerald seems to have depicted the attitudes and behaviors of stereotypical rich people of the era. I feel like this book provides an accurate representation of what the upper class was like in the twentieth century. So far, there have been no real plot developments other than an introduction to a few of the main characters and their personality. At the very end of chapter 1, we see the first appearance of the so talked about Mr.Gatsby.


"When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness" (Fitzgerald, 21).