First of all, I would believe the summary would be Chapter I. In this Chapter, the first person narrator of the novel, Nick Carraway, begins his story, a man whose family has a well-to-do history in the Mid-West, has moved East, to West Egg, New York, a wealthy community off the Long Island Sound but not as wealthy as East Egg. He rents a small cottage beside Gatsby's mansion, yet he has not met him. Nick goes to the Buchanan's mansion for dinner. Extremely wealthy,the husband, Tom, is having an affair, and Daisy, his wife, seems bored and preoccupied. They have a 3-year old daughter, and we also meet Jordan Baker, a young, wealthy socialite. Literary devices would include first person narration and flashback. For the second journal entry, any reader would easily dislike Tom, his arrogance and his infidelity. Daisy seems distracted. The entire group, except Nick, seem to have shallow and selfish values.Nick is an observer, recording events. At the very end of the chapter, Nick sees Gatsby staring at the 'green light,' as Fitzgerald sets up the rest of the novel.
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