The Great Gatsby

Great Gatsby Chapter 1

Nick said, “I came East permanently. I thought, in the spring of twenty-two.” Why did Nick go East? Why do you think the Buchanans went East?

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Nick decided to move East to learn the bond business.

I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless. Instead of being the warm centre of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe — so I decided to go East and learn the bond business.

Tom comes from old money and East Egg is the place where filthy rich ive.

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