Jay Gatsby was a very mysterious man, with a very mysterious past. He is young, about 27 or 28, with tan skin, drawn tight over his face, short groomed hair, which looks like it is cut every day, and very handsome. The narrator describes early in the story that Gatsby lives in a gigantic, gothic mansion in the West Egg, on Long Island. Also, he lives directly on the bay.
In the beginning chapters of the story, outside impressions of Gatsby were very vague and general. Nobody really knew anything about him. He would throw extremely extravagant parties, that at first, he had really no reason to organize. Most people who attended his parties had never even met him or seen him, yet still came and drank hi
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