When Nick Carraway sees jay gatsby looking across the sound, he leaves him alone.
Jay Gatsby is depicted as a millionaire and the owner of a luxurious mansion where extravagant parties are often hosted. Nick Carraway is the novel's narrator and describes Gatsby as being "the single most hopeful person I've ever met".
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that deals with characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922.