The Great Gatsby Timeline

Reunited and it feels so good...

9. Gatsby and Daisy are reunited at Nick’s house

a. From there on they have an affair

Never loved you...

Tom vs.Gatsby

10. Tom Buchanan and Gatsby finally meet at Gatsby’s party

Yellow Rolls Royce

14. Gatsby and Daisy ride back together as they return home in the yellow car

11. lt is Nick’s 30th birthday. Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan visit the Buchanan’s for lunch and daisy will come forward saying that she was never in love with Tom but Gatsby

a. “But it was done now. It was too late. I never loved him, he said with perceptible reluctance”p.132

How he became the Great Gatsby

Tom Knows...

Looses Temper!!!

13. Gatsby snaps at Tom which convinces Daisy to go back to her husband crushing Gatsby’s dreams

12. Tom is beginning to see the passion between Gatsby and Daisy

a. Tom confronts Gatsby with the knowledge of his affair with Daisy.

6. The next day Gatsby drives Nick to New York for lunch where Gatsby reveals his past to Nick.

a. “I am the son of some wealthy people people in the Middle West all dead now. I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford, because all of my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It’s a family tradition.” p. 65

Meeting after 5 years

8. Gatsby asks Nick indirectly through Jordan to arrange a meeting for himself and Daisy. Nick agrees.

a. “I called up Daisy from the office next morning, and invited her to come to tea” p. 83

History of Daisy and Gatsby

7. Jordan Baker reveals the romantic history of Daisy and Gatsby to Nick

Nick Moves...

Uh Ohhh...

Party!Party!

1. Nick Carraway moves to West Egg on Long Island, New York, to learn the bond business. He rents a house which is next to Gatsby’s mansion.

4. Gatsby throws another one of his parties in which Nick is invited

a. “I believe the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited”p.41

15. Myrtle’s husband finds out of her affair and beats on her, to get away from the situation she sees the yellow car assuming it was Tom and runs toward it

Meeting Gatsby for the first time

5. At the party Nick encounters Jordan and finally meets Gatsby

a. “This was an unusual party for me. I haven’t ever seen the host. I live over here. And this man Gatsby sent over his chauffeurs with an invitation. I’m Gatsby he said suddenly.”

The Call

Daisy...

Nick Goes with Tom to town

Hit and Run

Ring..Ring

19. Gatsby has set it up that if Daisy loves him she will call

a. He sits around and decides to take a swim still waiting for the call

16. Myrtle gets hit and instantly dies by the yellow car in which daisy and Gatsby were, but they keep driving

20. Gatsby finally gets a call who he believes is Daisy and gets shot by Wilson who then kills himself

a. His last word was Daisy

2. Nick visits Daisy, his cousin and Tom Buchanan at their home in East Egg for dinner, where he meets Jordan Baker

3. Nick goes with Tom to New York City to meet his mistress Myrtle Wilson

a. They have a small party consisting of Nick, Tom, Myrtle, Myrtle’s sister Catherine, and the McKee couple.

Surprise!

Revenge

Unconditional Love

17. Tom convinces Wilson that Gatsby killed Myrtle and was the one having an affair with her and he is now searching for revenge

18. Come to find out Daisy was the one driving, not Gatsby

21. Turns out it wasn’t even Daisy calling but Nick

a. Gatsby has a funeral in which no one attends not even Daisy except Nick

The Great Gatsby Timeline

By Kydia Faust