Can anyone tell me wat happens in the book The Great Gatsby?
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Nick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, moves to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. He rents a house in the West Egg district of Long Island, a wealthy but unfashionable area populated by the new rich, a group who have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections and who are prone to garish displays of wealth. Nick’s next-door neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby, who lives in a gigantic Gothic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night.\n\nNick is unlike the other inhabitants of West Egg—he was educated at Yale and has social connections in East Egg, a fashionable area of Long Island home to the established upper class. Nick drives out to East Egg one evening for dinner with his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, an erstwhile classmate of Nick’s at Yale. Daisy and Tom introduce Nick to Jordan Baker, a beautiful, cynical young woman with whom Nick begins a romantic relationship. \n\nNick also learns a bit about Daisy and Tom’s marriage: Jordan tells him that Tom has a lover, Myrtle Wilson, who lives in the valley of ashes, a gray industrial dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. Not long after this revelation, Nick travels to New York City with Tom and Myrtle. At a vulgar, gaudy party in the apartment that Tom keeps for the affair, Myrtle begins to taunt Tom about Daisy, and Tom responds by breaking her nose.\n\nAs the summer progresses, Nick eventually garners an invitation to one of Gatsby’s legendary parties. He encounters Jordan Baker at the party, and they meet Gatsby himself, a surprisingly young man who affects an English accent, has a remarkable smile, and calls everyone “old sport.” Gatsby asks to speak to Jordan alone, and, through Jordan, Nick later learns more about his mysterious neighbor. Gatsby tells Jordan that he knew Daisy in Louisville in 1917 and is deeply in love with her. He spends many nights staring at the green light at the end of her dock, across the bay from his mansion. Gatsby’s extravagant lifestyle and wild parties are simply an attempt to impress Daisy. Gatsby now wants Nick to arrange a reunion between himself and Daisy, but he is afraid that Daisy will refuse to see him if she knows that he still loves her. Nick invites Daisy to have tea at his house, without telling her that Gatsby will also be there. After an initially awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy reestablish their connection. Their love rekindled, they begin an affair.\n\nAfter a short time, Tom grows increasingly suspicious of his wife’s relationship with Gatsby. At a luncheon at the Buchanans’ house, Gatsby stares at Daisy with such undisguised passion that Tom realizes Gatsby is in love with her. Though Tom is himself involved in an extramarital affair, he is deeply outraged by the thought that his wife could be unfaithful to him. He forces the group to drive into New York City, where he confronts Gatsby in a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Tom asserts that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could never understand, and he announces to his wife that Gatsby is a criminal—his fortune comes from bootlegging alcohol and other illegal activities. Daisy realizes that her allegiance is to Tom, and Tom contemptuously sends her back to East Egg with Gatsby, attempting to prove that Gatsby cannot hurt him.\n\nWhen Nick, Jordan, and Tom drive through the valley of ashes, however, they discover that Gatsby’s car has struck and killed Myrtle, Tom’s lover. They rush back to Long Island, where Nick learns from Gatsby that Daisy was driving the car when it struck Myrtle, but that Gatsby intends to take the blame. The next day, Tom tells Myrtle’s husband, George, that Gatsby was the driver of the car. George, who has leapt to the conclusion that the driver of the car that killed Myrtle must have been her lover, finds Gatsby in the pool at his mansion and shoots him dead. He then fatally shoots himself.\n\n
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Are you working on something to help sum up the entire book?  If so, I believe your question might refer to the very end of the book when Meg is told that she has something that IT does not have and with that, Meg saves the day.  Think about how Meg got Charles away from IT.  What did Meg tell him over and over again?  This was what was able to conquer "IT" in the end and bring Charles Wallace back to them.  Meg's feeling for Charles Wallace (love) was what the one thing she had that IT did not have, and was able to help her bring him back to them.  Meg's love for Charles Wallace conquered (or defeated) IT.  I hope this helps.
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OMG... I read that book when I was a kid and don't remember.  But I can tell you that Jane was a young child being raised by her ungrateful relatives, which put Jane in a girls home.\n\nJane grew up to be a nice young woman and became a teacher and got a job teaching a little girl in this rich mans house with nanny's and all.\n\nAnyway, Jane taught piano, math, French and other studies.  From what I remember, the little girls father became fond of Jane.  Jane toward the end leaves for a new job because I guess the had to leave the place with the father wanting Jane and all.\n\nSo, I do remember about a fire in the mansion which left the father blind.  Jane eventually went back to the mansion to visit and found his was blind and stayed with him to take care of him.\n\nThat book has always touched me since I was a little girl.\n\nI know I did not answer your question, but I enjoyed what I wrote.  It made me think of the book and Jane again.
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This book is hands down one of the best pieces of young adult literature ever written!  I loved it.  I read it once for pleasure and again for english class in eighth grade.  you should also check out the movie.\n\nPonyboy is a hero for a couple of different reasons:\n\nHe stands by Johnny after he kills the soc, and stays with him all the way through until when johnny dies in the end.  He is a hero this way because he stands by his friends through the good and the bad.  That is a great charecteristic for anyone to have.\n\nHe is also a hero because he saved the kids from burning inside the old church.  This is the biggest reason for him being a hero.\n\nThe last reason is that he went to fight in the rumble, even though he didnt feel well.  He knew that his friends needed him, and he stood by them, once again showing his great characteristic of loyalty to his friends.
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Read the book!\n\nThat's the whole point of this assignment. Yahoo Answers is not a vehicle for you to escape your responsibilities.
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i am sorry i can't.  I would ahve to write a whole story for that.\n\n\nBut i can tell you one from a book.\n\n~~~~(SPOILER WARNING)~~~~\n\nBook: Of Mice and Men.\n\n\n\n\n\nIF you haven't read the book and want to, which i reccomend, then don't read.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn of mice and men, one of the characters has to kill one of his pets (or animals).  And this forshawdowed the death of the main character killing his best friend.
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If the book is famous it ought to be on www.sparknotes.com and also try www.pinkmonkey.com. They give you summary of all chapters. I love them both. They are just so useful for people like me that don't like reading books..
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The Pigman - Paul Zindel\n\nI have found 2 summaries for you to look at, via the links below. \n\nhttp://litsum.com/pigman/\n\nhttp://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=1493\n\nThese links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions. A short extract is included as an example of what you can expect from the summary\n\nThe Pigman Summary | Chapter 1 Summary\n\nJohn Conlan and Lorraine Jensen begin recanting the tale of The Pigman by signing an "oath" wherein they declare that they will record the facts surrounding their acquaintance with Mr. Angelo Pignati. John and Lorraine are sophomores at Franklin High School in New York when they meet Mr. Pignati, and they share a few months of their lives in this book, explaining their relationships with each other and this special adult friend of theirs.  More……\n\nhttp://litsum.com/pigman/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Try checking out at www.sparknotes.com/literature.This will provide you not only with the date but also the context in which the story is written,a plot overview,a detailed summary and analysis as well as character analysis,while explaining important quotes and proving questions and answers to some of them.\nNever limit urself:the information u would have gathered will help u enormously!
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Actually f. Scott fitgerald was influenced a lot in his life to write the great gatsby. For example daisy's character is based on his wife zelda who was also very materialistic.Society at the time also influenced him the prohibition,materialism and living the american dream.other of his characters are also based on friends and people of that era.
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The book concerns the structure of society.\n\nSee the Wikipedia article below.
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I'm sorry that you're having so much trouble. I'm having trouble helping you interpret the question being that I haven't read that particular novel. I wish you the best of luck, but I can tell you that several people in your class are probably having the same trouble. So, any interpretation of the question that you would have would certainly be better than nothing!! ;)
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so many things!!!! we have to know everything about Snape, is he evil or not? did he kill dumbledore because that was the plan or because he's really Voldemort's man? we have to go to Bill and Fleur's wedding, we have to go to Godric's Hollow. Harry has to find and destroy the Horcruxes, we have to know who R.A.B. is and if the right locket was the one in Sirius's house and if Mundungus took it! There are loads of things that will happen in the book!!! I can't wait!!! There's no way that it's going to be a short book!!!
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I read it, but no summary, because my final thought on it was kinda sucky (and it was a couple of years ago). You could try finding a summary on SparkNotes.com - that place practically got me through high school. The book is also a pretty quick read, so if you have it or can check it out it will go by fast. Oh yes, also try amazon.com, because they will often let you look inside the book or even read the 1st chapter sometimes.
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The great gatsby is good.\nPerfect for a Summer Read :)
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good luck....\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/lit/greatex/\n\nNext time read the book....it is pretty good.
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It's a great book! I won't tell you but I'll give you some hints.\n\n1. It's one of the ten people on the island.\n2. Make sure you know what the term "red herring" means. (It's not just a fish!)\n3. Think about each character's profession and which one would have the most motivation to perform this scheme.\n4. Technically, the killer only kills 8 of the people on the island. Another character kills herself and one other person.\n5. If you read the play or watch the movie, it's the same person (although the name may be changed).