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  • We meet our narrator. Hello, narrator!
  • First thing he does is pass along some of his father's advice: "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had" (1.2).
  • Great, we love a book that begins with a lecture.
  • We learn that our narrator is non-judgmental. As a result, people tell him their life stories like he's a bartender on Cheers.
  • We find out that he is "a Carraway," which apparently means that he's got wealth and class. And he went to Yale.
  • Ooh, fancy.
  • This Carraway fellow introduces us to the setting: New York City and the twin villages of West Egg and East Egg in Long Island.
  • Please note that West Egg, where Carraway lives, is not as fancy-shmancy as East Egg. But it's still pretty fancy-shmancy compared to the rest of the world.
  • On this "less fashionable" Egg, Nick Carraway lives next to a huge mansion inhabited by a mysterious Mr. Gatsby. More on him later.
  • By the way, Nick Carraway is "bond man." Not, like, posting bail,but trading stocks and bonds. In other words, he's a stockbroker/ financier type.
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