Reading Report 2 by Mauricio López

 The Great Gatsby 

    At the dinner Nick meets everyone, including Jordan Baker, a friend of Daisy and a professional golf player who secretly tells Nick that Tom has a mistress in New York. Later on, he meets with Daisy who tells she was unhappy, which makes Nick uncomfortable with all the news so he goes back to his home. Returning to his house he sees his neighbour Jay Gatsby standing alone and looking at a green light across the bay at the end of Daisy’s house. 

    Months later, on a trip to New York with Tom, Nick meets the mistress of Tom, Myrtle Wilson, who lives with her husband George Wilson. They step into the apartment of George and Myrtle, in which George works in the garage as a repairman. Myrtle invites them to a party in an apartment with their friends and after a lot of drinks Myrtle says to Tom when he is going to leave Daisy, which makes him furious by bringing her to the conversation that ends up punching her on the nose, nobody knows what to do and the party continues all night. On the next day Nick wakes on a train station not remembering almost everything that happened. 

    As summer goes, Nick starts to get used to the big parties that Gatsby holds every Saturday night with a lot of music and people. One day he receives a personal invitation from Gastby for his next party which without hesitation he assists. He meets Jordan there but he notices the absence of the host. Later he starts to listen to all the conversation from the people who actually don't know about Gatsby or his past. A couple of hours later, Nick meets Gatsby but just for a quick second because he was looking forward to talking with Jordan, who says something shocking to her but which cannot say to Nick.

    Nick starts to see Jordan more and even becomes an acquaintance of Gatsby. Gatsby invites Nick and Jordan to have lunch in Manhattan to get to know him more. He said that unlike what people believe, he was a member of a wealthy family in which everyone died and even that he was a war hero; Nick didn't believe entirely, however he listened to it. Later on while drinking tea, Jordan says to Nick what Gastby said to her. Apparently he met Daisy before in Louisville and they fell in love, but he returned to war for 5 years and at the end she married Tom. Gatsby bought his house on West Egg so he could be across the water from her.