Gatsby 1: 1-12- On Your Mark, Get Set(ting), Go!

    As we are introduced to F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, one of the first things I noticed about this novel in particular was the effectiveness of the setting in the few few pages of the book. It is said the the narrator lives in what is known as West Egg in New York. From what little information there was about the time period, I was able to gather that it is probably the early 1920s. The biggest clue to that was the fact that I knew that the narrator graduated from school in 1915. Fitzgerald writes, "I graduated from New Haven in 1915, just  quarter of a century after my father..." (Fitzgerald  7). Also, Chicago was mentioned early on as a place the narrator had visited, and his cousin and family used to live. I'm not sure if this will have any significance later but we will see. The questions I've come up with to start include: what will the East Egg and West Egg differences mean for the story? Does this lead into some conflicts? Who is the narrator? And lastly, will his schooling at New Haven play into the story later?