The Only Use of
phenomenon
in
The Great Gatsby
- [T]here are, among other natural curiosities, two unusual formations of land. Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay.... [A] more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size. I lived at West Egg, the — well, the less fashionable of the two,
p. 5.3phenomenon = thing of interest
Definition:
something that exists or happened -- especially something of special interest -- sometimes someone or something that is extraordinary
"Phenomenons" and "phenomena" are both appropriate plural forms of this noun. "Phenomena" is generally used in scientific or philosophical contexts.