The Great Gatsby pt2

The book starts off with the narrator, Nick Carraway, introducing himself as the narrator of the story and by speaking of himself generally. Nick sets the scene for us in the fictional towns of East and West Egg; he also introduces some characters of the book: his cousin Daisy Buchanan, her racist husband Tom Buchanan, and a friend of Daisy's, Jordan. The narrator also briefly mentions the protagonist of the story, Jay Gatsby, simply by stating that his personality is "gorgeous". From his description Gatsby seems to represent the city of New York (so all that Nick dislikes) but despite those traits, Carraway admires Gatsby.