The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was set in New York in 1922. . It was on Long Island that the rich and wealthy people lived and which was divided into West and East Egg. Wealthy people lived in East Egg. There are seven characters that make up The Great Gatsby. First there is Nick Carraway, a graduate student at Yale who lived in the Midwest. He fought in World War I and later moved to New York to become a bond salesman. Then there's Jay Gatsby. He is a millionaire who lives in a mansion and is known for throwing huge parties. He got his entire fortune by doing illegal criminal activities. He is in love with a woman named Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is Nick's cousin and is married to Tom. She had an affair with Gatsby before she got married to Tom. Tom Buchanan is a millionaire who lives in East Egg. He is rich thanks to his last name and attended Yale with Nick. Jordan Baker is one of Daisy's friends who is a professional golfer. She later ends up being Nick's girlfriend for a while. George Wilson is a man who owns an auto shop and is married to Myrtle. Myrtle is Tom's lover with whom he jokes. Finally there was a man named Meyer Wolfsheim. He was known for fixing the 1919 World Series. Section 2: Book Summary: The Great Gatsby is a book about a name named Nick Carraway who moves to New York to learn how to become a bond salesman. Rent a small house in West Egg Long Island. He has a neighbor who lives in a mansion and his name is Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is a millionaire who earned all his wealth by doing illegal activities. Nick has a cousin named Daisy who lives across the bay in a huge house. Her husband's name is Tom Buchanan and he had earned... half the paper... in the United States. He had a butler who always told him when there was a different state on the phone and took care of his smuggling business. This period of time was known as the Jazz Age. It was then that jazz music and flapper dancing became popular. In the book Gatsby always had jazz music and dancers at his parties to make the guest happy. Section 4: What I Gain from Reading This Book: One thing I learned after reading The Great Gatsby was that I should live my life for myself and not by myself. for others, because you will never find happiness when you are only trying to impress other people. When Gatsby tries to impress Daisy by buying a huge mansion and throwing big parties, she's not really happy. He's living his life to try to impress her all the time he wants, buying her things or inviting her over for the day when she comes home to Tom anyway..