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Great Gatsby Timeline
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The Great Gatsby
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1885
George Wilson is born
1885
1887
Myrtle Wilson is born
1887
1890
James Gatz is born
1890
Tom Buchanan is born
1892
September 22
Nick Carraway is born
1899
Daisy Buchanan is born
1899
1901
Jordan Baker is born
1901
Dan Cody begins his decade-long yacht journey
1902
1906
James Gatz leaves his home and enrolls at St. Olaf College at 16
1906
1907
Gatz meets Cody. Cody offers him a job on his yacht.
1907
George and Myrtle Wilson get married
1910
1911
The Wilsons move to the Valley of Ashes, with the hopes of becoming more successful. They move into an apartment above George's new garage.
1911
Owl Eyes Blog
Tom and Nick start their first year at Yale
Fall, 1911
1912
Dan Cody dies suddenly
1912
World War I begins
July, 1914
1914
Spring, 1915
Tom and Nick graduate from Yale
1915
1917
Nick and Gatsby enlist in the war
1917
U.S. enters WWI
April, 1917
Daisy and Gatsby meet
October, 1917
November, 1917
Gatsby leaves Kentucky to fight in the war
Jordan begins her professional golf career, quickly establishing a reputation for being a cheater
1918
January, 1918
Daisy becomes depressed after Gatsby leaves
Fall, 1918
- Gatsby is promoted to major and recieves medals for his heroism
- November 11: End of WWI
- Daisy makes her debut
1919
- Gatsby meets Meyer Wolfsheim
- Gatsby attends Oxford for 5 months
1919
The Street
18th Amendment is passed, prohibiting the transportation and consumption of liquor
January, 1919
Daisy gets engaged to Tom Buchanan
Spring, 1919
Summer, 1919
- The 19th amendment is passed, giving women the right to vote
- Daisy and Tom are married and go on a honeymoon
- Daisy and Tom return from their trip, and soon after, Tom gets in a car accident revealing an affair with a maid
Wolfsheim fixes the 1919 World Series
October, 1919
April, 1920
Daisy gives birth to daughter Pammy. The Buchanans move to France for a year.
1920
Everything Coastal
The Buchanans move around for a while. They live in France and Chicago, before settling in East Egg
1921
Summer, 1922
- At the end of spring, Nick moves to West Egg to start a career in bonds
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1922
(Summer)
- Nick has lunch with the Buchanans. He meets Jordan Baker and learns about Tom's affair
- Tom takes Nick to the city so Tom can see his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. Tom breaks Myrtle's nose.
- Nick attends one of Gatsby's parties with Jordan
Early Summer
After Nick meets Gatsby
(Summer)
- Gatsby introduces Nick to Meyer Wolfsheim, one of Gatsby's mentors
- Jordan tells Nick about Daisy and Gatsby's past
- Nick agrees to invite Daisy over for tea in order to reunite Daisy and Gatsby
1922 (Later)
Gatsby and Daisy begin their affair
The American Dream- Weebly
1922
(End of Summer/Fall)
September
- Gatsby tells Nick about his childhood
- Tom and Daisy attend a Gatsby party, which Daisy hates
- At a lunch outing, Gatsby and Daisy reveal their affair, so Tom talks about Gatsby's bootlegging business, resulting in Daisy ending the affair
- George also finds out about Myrtle's affair, so he makes plans to move west
- Daisy hits Myrtle with Gatsby's car, killing her instantly
- Tom talks to George, convincing him it was a yellow car that hit Myrtle, Gatsby's car
- Gatsby takes the blame for the murder
- George locates Gatsby, murders him by the pool, and then commits suicide
- The Buchanans leave East Egg
- Practically no one attends Gatsby's funeral
Fall
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Nick reflects on the summer of 1922. Begins retelling Gatsby's story, "The Great Gatsby."