The Great Gatsby in Emojis

The Great Gatsby emoji summary, decoded

Here's what each part of the emoji story means, beat by beat.

1. 🚂🏙️Nick Carraway moves east and rents a cottage next to a mansion.
2. 🥂🎷🎉His neighbor Gatsby throws dazzling, extravagant parties.
3. 💚💡Gatsby stares at the green light across the bay — Daisy's dock.
4. 💑He reunites with Daisy, his lost love, now married to Tom.
5. 😡💔Tom exposes Gatsby's shady fortune; the affair unravels.
6. 🚗💥Daisy, driving Gatsby's car, kills Tom's mistress Myrtle.
7. 🔫🏊‍♂️Blamed for the death, Gatsby is shot dead in his pool.
8. 🪦🍂Almost no one comes to his funeral — the dream was empty.

The cast of The Great Gatsby in emoji

The main characters, one emoji each — tap any to copy.