Plot Diagram for The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald captures the ideals of a society obsessed with wealth and status. Set in the 1920s during prohibition, the story is narrated by a young man named Nick Carraway. Nick meets Jay Gatsby, who is young, handsome, rich, and appears to have it all. However, he yearns for the one thing that will always be out of his reach, the love of Daisy Buchanan.
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- EXPOSITION
- CONFLICT
- RISING ACTION
- Nick Carroway has recently moved east. He visits his rich cousin Daisy, and her husband, Tom Buchanan, for dinner.
- RISING ACTION
- Nick struggles to retell the events of his life involving a man he admired named Gatsby.
- CLIMAX
- During dinner, Nick learns that Tom is having an affair. Later, Nick is dragged along to the mistress' apartment
- FALLING ACTION / RESOLUTION
- Nick lives next door to a mysterious man, Jay Gatsby, who he later learns has been in love with Daisy for years. With Nick's help, Gatsby and Daisy are reunited.
- Daisy attempts to leave Tom for Gatsby. However, while Daisy drives home from the city, she runs over Myrtle, Tom's mistress.
- In the end, Gatsby takes responsibility, and is shot by Myrtle's husband in revenge. Nick is heartbroken, and Daisy moves away as if nothing has happened.
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