Human: When does the book, ‘The Great Gatsby’ take place? Assistant: 
The Great Gatsby takes place in the summer of 1922. The story is set in the fictional town of West Egg and East Egg, which are two neighboring towns on Long Island, New York. The book is written in the first person, from the point of view of Nick Carraway, a young man from the Midwest who rents a house in West Egg.