Hey there,
Your question states: <span>What role did "long held hatreds of neighbors have in the witch-hunt?"
His role was to send messages to other people. I believe that is how it went.
Hope this helps</span>
Chapter 1 introduces narrator, Nick Carraway, and establishes context and setting of novel. Nick begins by explaining his situation. He had moved from the Midwest to West Egg, a town on Long Island, NY. The novel is set in years following WWI, and begins in 1922.
