"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Timeline

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  • World War I

    World War I
    The 27-year-old Jay Gatsby meets 18-year-old Daisy Fay in Louisville but has to go away to join the war.

  • 1918

    Daisy Fay meets Tom Buchanan in Chicago and marries him.

  • Nick Carraway moves to West Egg, Long Island.

    Nick Carraway moves to West Egg, Long Island.
    Nick moves in next door to Jay Gatsby’s mansion. At the time, he only knew a couple of people who lived there. The Buchanans, Tom and Daisy, where Daisy were his cousin.

  • Nick has dinner with the Buchanan’s.

    Nick has dinner with the Buchanan’s.
    At the time, Nick only knew the Buchanan’s when he moved to Long Island. He joins his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan for dinner with their friend Jordan Baker. Tom and nick were former member of a social club at Yale together.

  • Nick attends to Gatsby’s party.

    Nick attends to Gatsby’s party.
    Nick gets an exclusive invitation to Gatsby’s party where they meet for the first time.

  • Nick and Gatsby gets together for lunch in the city.

    They get to know each other better, and Gatsby tells him about his past.

  • Gatsby and Daisy reconnect at Nick´s house.

    Gatsby and Daisy reconnect at Nick´s house.
    Gatsby meets Daisy at Nicks’s house after five years. It is awkward in the beginning, but results with them catching up for hours.

  • Gatsby and Daisy begins a relationship.

    Gatsby and Daisy begins a relationship.
    Gatsby and Daisy finds back their love for each other and initiates an affair, even though Daisy is still married to Tom.

  • Nick, Gatsby and Jordan visit the Buchanan for lunch.

    Nick, Gatsby and Jordan visit the Buchanan for lunch.
    Tom Buchanan witnesses the passion and chemistry between Gatsby and Daisy and confronts them.

  • Myrtle gets killed.

    Myrtle gets killed.
    Daisy drives while she is drunk, and accidentally runs over Tom’s mistress Myrtle. Myrtles husband, George Wilson, believe Gatsby stands for the collision because he recognized his yellow car.

  • Gatsby gets shot

    Gatsby gets shot
    George Wilson shoots Gatsby in his back while he is laying in the pool as a revenge for Myrtles death. Wilson commits suicide right after.

  • Jay Gatsby's funeral

    Jay Gatsby's funeral
    No-one seemed to appear to his funeral, even though thousands of people came to his parties. Only Nick, Gatsby’s father and a few other showed up.

  • Nick returns to the Midwest.

  • Nick Carraway writes the story about Gatsby.

    Nick memories back about the time he got to know Jay Gatsby two years earlier.