In Chapter 1, Nick talks about learning the bond business in New York because, when he came back from World War I, he was "restless." Not knowing what to do or where to go (except away from the Midwest), Nick moves East, settling finally in West Egg, New York, the "less fashionable" of the two peninsulas jutting out into the bay. Nick admits "the practical thing was to find rooms in the city," but for some reason, West Egg calls to him, perhaps because it resembles more the countryside from whence he came. This location puts him in direct contact with Jay Gatbsy, his next-door neighbor on West Egg. Daisy Buchanan, Nick's cousin, lives across the bay with her husband Tom. Thus sets the scene for The Great Gatbsy.
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