Nick's rented cottage sits in West Egg next to the mansion of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. It is through these relationships that Nick is in a position to know the details of the story he tells. He also tells us that he is non-judgmental in nature, and thus, attracts the confidences of others. What he learns in chapter one is that Daisy is, if not sincere, at least charming, and that Tom, even more the imposing physical man that he was in college, is looking out for the Nordic race having an affair. The identity of the other woman is revealed in Chapter Two.
Nordic race is under construction.