Great gatsby

•The point of this story is for pleasure
• F. Scott Fitzgerald just wanted to make a great story
• Epigraph - quote that's in the beginning of the chapter to give you a clue of what we're about to read
• "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
• Had stable relationship with his dad
• Makes acceptation for Gatsby
• Participated in world war 1
• West Egg Village is important to the story
• The books he bought were about banking
• Lived in a shitty house
• "Two old friends that I scarcely knew at all"