To encapsulate the Jay Gatsby experience, I also visited the Fitzgerald Suite, which is Room 1839 at the Plaza Hotel in New York. This is a lavish one bedroom suite that is filled to the brim with Great Gatsby memorabilia, and it is interiors are inspired by The Great Gatsby 2013 film. Even before I entered the room, I noticed the door to the room, which caught my eye. The door itself resembles the art deco design motif from the movie. Once I entered the room, I felt transported to the set of the 2013 movie, but I also felt that I was actually living the novel because I was enveloped by the art deco interior and the gilded colors of the Roaring Twenties. The grand chandelier sparkles and is reflected from the mirror. It definitely feels like a pampered heir's personal New York City retreat. The whole rooms feels like an expensive tailored suit, carefully crafted for a privileged, educated man of taste who has traveled widely and experienced the finer things in life.

By any standard, the Plaza Hotel is grand and is the turf of the elite. In The Great Gatsby, the Plaza Hotel represents the upscale world in which Tom Buchanan lives. It is Tom's home turf, and even though Tom has a palatial residence in the East Egg, he appears to be most comfortable in confronting Jay Gatsby about Jay's past, his alleged attendance at Oxford, and most importantly, Jay's relationship with Daisy Buchanan. In the midst of the oppressive summer heat, Tom decides that the group ought to adjourn to a suite at the Plaza Hotel. It does not make sense to me because the room at the Plaza Hotel was obviously warm and stuffy, whereas Tom Buchanan has a spacious home that overlooks Manhasset Bay, with a breeze blowing from the Long Island Sound. However, this was no mistake, this was Tom's calculated plan to confront Jay Gatsby at the location the really rich and truly privileged people of that era gathered. Tom could sniff out the phony uptight airs, the over posturing, and the use of "Old Sport" that Jay Gatsby was displaying as a misrepresented portrayal of the world Tom knew all too well. So, what better place to expose Jay Gatsby's vulnerabilities and his true past than The Plaza Hotel.

At the Plaza Hotel, Tom mocks Jay about calling others "Old Sport," lying about having attended Oxford, accuses Jay about running a bootlegging business, and finally Tom confronts Jay about his relationship with Daisy. In a sense, Tom exhibits the arrogance and confidence that he is known for by allowing Daisy to go home with Jay. Tom knows that he has nothing to fear because he knows that Daisy would not rekindle the romance with Jay since she is so occupied with Tom's wealth. In that sense, Tom deliberately humiliates both Jay and Daisy based on that "dare."

The Director of Operations of the Plaza Hotel was so kind as to invite me, a high school student just performing research on a F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, on a tour of the Fitzgerald Suite. He explained that the Fitzgerald Suite was designed when the 2013 movie with Leonardo DiCaprio was released. Fairmont Hotels, the owner of the Plaza Hotel, was kind enough to allow me access to this Fitzgerald Suite. It was like stepping into the set of the movie.

I was personally escorted on a tour of the Fitzgerald Suite on the 18th Floor of the Plaza Hotel by the Executive Director of the Plaza Hotel. This suite costs $2,800 per night. Room 1839, the Fitzgerald Suite, is opulent and stunningly decorated with wonderful memorabilia about Fitzgerald, jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, and it was filled with photographs of Fitzgerald himself and those of the cast from the 2013 movie. No detail was spared, including the Plaza Hotel creating an actual football helmet and football from the 1920s, and an amusing article about "Buchanan Takes the Trophy." They even thought about Tom Buchanan in a periodic correct photograph being part of the Yale football team. But what really caught my eye was the beautiful photo of Tom's wife, Daisy, portrayed by the English actress, Carey Hannah Mulligan. There were also little touches like the Long Island Railroad pass that really made me feel like I was in Tom Buchanan's room. I felt like Nick Carraway, an observer of Tom Buchanan's world and his private suite at the Plaza Hotel, but thank goodness there were no confrontations during my visit because it would be a shame to mess up such an exquisite space.