Chapter 1: The Narrator's Arrival
Bab 1: Kedatangan Narator
Nick Carraway, a young man from the Midwest, moved to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn the bond business. He rented a small house in West Egg, a fashionable area on Long Island, across the bay from East Egg where old money families lived.
Nick Carraway, seorang pemuda dari Midwest, pindah ke New York pada musim panas 1922 untuk belajar bisnis obligasi. Dia menyewa sebuah rumah kecil di West Egg, daerah modis di Long Island, di seberang teluk dari East Egg, tempat keluarga kaya lama tinggal.
His neighbor, Jay Gatsby, lived in a magnificent mansion that hosted extravagant parties every weekend. Nick noticed Gatsby standing alone on his lawn, reaching out toward a green light at the end of a dock across the bay, which seemed to hold some mysterious significance.
Tetangganya, Jay Gatsby, tinggal di sebuah rumah besar yang megah yang mengadakan pesta mewah setiap akhir pekan. Nick memperhatikan Gatsby berdiri sendirian di halaman rumputnya, mengulurkan tangan ke arah cahaya hijau di ujung dermaga di seberang teluk, yang tampaknya memiliki makna misterius.
Nick visited his cousin Daisy Buchanan in East Egg, where he met her wealthy husband Tom and learned about their troubled marriage. Tom's arrogant nature and his involvement with another woman, Myrtle Wilson, hinted at the moral corruption beneath the glamorous surface of their lives.
Nick mengunjungi sepupunya Daisy Buchanan di East Egg, di mana dia bertemu suaminya yang kaya, Tom, dan mengetahui tentang pernikahan mereka yang bermasalah. Sifat sombong Tom dan keterlibatannya dengan wanita lain, Myrtle Wilson, mengisyaratkan kerusakan moral di balik permukaan kehidupan mereka yang glamor.