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The Great Gatsby Timeline of 1922

Late July

Early June

  • One Saturday morning, Nick receives a invitation from Gatsby to his party that night
  • At his first party, Nick finds Jordan and personally meets Gatsby for the first time
  • Jordan has a private discussion with Gatsby
  • One morning, Gatsby appears at Nick's door offering lunch
  • On the car ride, Gatsby tells a story of his life
  • During the lunch, Nick meets Mr. Wolfshiem
  • At afternoon tea with Jordan, Nick hears about Gatsby and Daisy past relation and agrees to Gatsby request that he organize their reunion at his house
  • When Nick arrives home, he talks to Gatsby about the reunion

Mid August

Spring

  • Nick has his first dinner with Tom, Daisy, and Jordon
  • Tom, Daisy, and Nick attend Gatsby's party
  • Daisy and Gatsby have a private conversation
  • Nick and Gatsby converse about the whole affair and Gatsby reveals he wants to relive the past

Early September

Late August: Day after Climax

  • Nick sees Gatsby for the first time on the docks reaching for a green light
  • Nick goes to see Gatsby in the morning and gives him a compliment
  • Tom tells Wilson it was Gatsby car
  • Tom and Daisy leave for an undisclosed location
  • Wilson shoots himself and Gatsby around 4 in the afternoon
  • Nick finds bodies
  • Nick visits Mr. Wolfshiem who refuses to attend the funeral
  • Gatsby's father shows Nick his son's childhood schedule
  • Gatsby's funeral

Late August: Day after Day after Climax

  • Reporters and policemen swarm Gatsby's mansion
  • A letter is sent to Wolfshiem

Spring of 1922

  • Seeking an occupation in the bond trade, Nick Carraway comes East to New York

July

August

June

September

Spring

Late August

Climax

Late July

  • The next day, Gatsby called Nick on the phone and invited him to lunch at Daisy's house the following day
  • One Saturday, Gatsby's party did not happen
  • Nick visited Gatsby and found his entire staff replaced

Early August

  • Gatsby, Jordan, Nick, Tom, and Daisy have lunch at Tom's house
  • Tom sees Daisy say "I love you" to Gatsby
  • They all drive to the city
  • In a hotel room, the affair becomes the topic and the nervous Daisy does not agree to leave her Tom
  • Daisy runs over and kills Myrtle
  • Tom sees his dead mistress
  • Wilson grieves
  • Tom and Daisy have a private, intimate conversation
  • Gatsby is left waiting outside house if Daisy needs him

Spring, May

  • One Saturday morning, Nick visits Gatsby to find Tom and some other people visiting
  • Tom and Gatsby converse and officially meet
  • Gatsby and Daisy reunite and restart their past relationship at Nick's house
  • Gatsby, Nick, and Daisy go next door to Gatsby's mansion and see his shirts, bedroom, piano, among other things.
  • One afternoon, Nick and Tom visit Myrtle in the Valley of Ashes
  • They have a small party in a hotel room
  • In a drunk confusion, Nick does a collection of things
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