<P> In 1931 , Nick Carraway , a World War I veteran , is receiving treatment for alcoholism at a psychiatric hospital . He talks about Jay Gatsby , the most hopeful man he had ever met . Nick 's doctor suggests that he writes his thoughts down , since writing is Nick 's passion . In the summer of 1922 , Nick moves from the Midwest to New York after abandoning writing . He rents a small house in the North Shore village of West Egg , next to the mansion of Gatsby , a mysterious business magnate who often holds extravagant parties . One day , while Nick has dinner with his cousin , Daisy Buchanan , and her husband , Tom , he is introduced to Jordan Baker by Daisy , who hopes to make a match between them . When Nick returns home , he sees Gatsby standing on the dock , reaching towards the green light coming from the Buchanan dock . </P>
<P> In 1931 , Nick Carraway , a World War I veteran , is receiving treatment for alcoholism at a psychiatric hospital . He talks about Jay Gatsby , the most hopeful man he had ever met . Nick 's doctor suggests that he writes his thoughts down , since writing is Nick 's passion . In the summer of 1922 , Nick moves from the Midwest to New York after abandoning writing . He rents a small house in the North Shore village of West Egg , next to the mansion of Gatsby , a mysterious business magnate who often holds extravagant parties . One day , while Nick has dinner with his cousin , Daisy Buchanan , and her husband , Tom , he is introduced to Jordan Baker by Daisy , who hopes to make a match between them . When Nick returns home , he sees Gatsby standing on the dock , reaching towards the green light coming from the Buchanan dock . </P>
when does the great gatsby movie take place
when does the great gatsby movie take place
1922
1922