In Chapter one we're first introduced to the narrator of the story Nick Carraway. He gives off a bad impression straight away because he tells us he is 'inclined to reserve all judgements' yet he starts being judgmental right afterwards. Nick says 'Gatsby turned out all right at the end'. Nick obviously must have had a bad impression of Gatsby to start with for him to turn out 'all right at the end'.
In this chapter Nick tells us about his family and background. He seems very proud of his rich background 'my family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this Middle Western city for three generations'. This suggests that Nick values class.
Further down the chapter Nick introduces us to his second cousin once removed Daisy and her husband Tom. They live in East Egg which is on the other side of the water from West Egg which is where Nick lives. East Egg is known as the 'old money' and West Egg as 'new money'. Gatsby also lives in West Egg with his 'new' found 'money'.
Whilst in East Egg, Tom makes some racist comment saying that the white people were the 'dominant race' and that they need to 'look out for the white race' to avoid being 'utterly submerged'. Right after this speech, the phone rings, the person asks for Tom and he leaves to answer the call. Daisy starts to act very strangely and compliments Nick comparing him to a rose till she breaks down and leaves the room. Jordan fills Nick on what's going on 'I thought everybody knew', 'Tom's got some woman in New York'. Tom had been cheating on Daisy.
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