In the beginning of the book they introduce Nick. He moved from the Midwest to New York to get rich by becoming a stock broker. His second cousin, Daisy, also lives in New York and is married to Tom Buchanan. Since Nick is liked by everyone he learns a lot. One of the first people he learns of is Gatsby, his next-door neighbor. Then he learns about Daisy and Gatsby's past relationship. They used to …showed first 75 words of 615 total…

…showed last 75 words of 615 total…Gatsby's house and kills Gatsby, then shoots himself. Because Nick is Gatsby's friend, he makes the funeral arrangements. Then he tries to find some of Gatsby's other friends and quickly realizes that the few friends that Gatsby does have don't really care about him. So there was only three people that ended up gong too Gatsby's funeral. Very saddened by Gatsby's death, Nick ends up moving back to the Midwest to start a new life.