Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire)’s Timeline and Summary

On an otherwise ordinary Midtown High field trip, Peter gets bitten by a genetically engineered spider that gives him superpowers.
Peter enters an underground wrestling competition to win money to buy a used car. He wins, but the wrestling promoter refuses to pay him the full purse.
The wrestling promoter gets robbed; out of spite, Peter lets the robber escape.
Uncle Ben is carjacked by that very same robber. Uncle Ben dies.
Spider-Man meets the Green Goblin—and saves Mary Jane's life—when the Green Goblin crashes the World Unity Festival.
The Green Goblin tells Spider-Man they should become partners, presumably in chaos, definitely in spandex.
Spider-Man saves Mary Jane from a gang of thugs. She's officially smitten.
Spider-Man and the Green Goblin clash again when Spider-Man declines Gobby's offer to team up. Spider-Man gets a nasty cut to the forearm.
Norman spies Peter's bleeding forearm at Thanksgiving dinner and realizes he's Spider-Man.
The Green Goblin attacks Aunt May, and, much to Peter's relief, she lives.
Spider-Man saves Mary Jane and a tramway car full of kids from the Green Goblin, who's holding them hostage atop the Queensboro Bridge.
In their final fight, the Green Goblin is impaled on his own glider. Spider-Man returns Norman's dead body to his penthouse. Harry sees him and vows revenge.
Mary Jane confesses her love to Peter. He says he'll always be there for her—as a friend. Being a superhero is hard work, man.