Sunday, February 9, 2020

Now It's A Party? Gatsby Chapter 3

  • Gatsby is known for throwing extravagant parties
  • Guest mill around exchanging rumors about their host
    • No one seems to know the truth about Gatsby's wealth or personal history
  • Nick runs into Jordan Baker, whose friend, Lucille, speculates that Gatsby was a German spy during the war
    • Nick also hears that Gatsby is a graduate of Oxford and that he once killed a man in cold blood
  • Nick and Jordan, curious about their host, set out to find Gatsby
    • Instead, they run into a middle-aged man with huge, owl-eyed spectacles- whom Nick dubs Owl Eyes 
      • who sits poring over the unread books in Gatsby’s library
  • Gatsby has a habit calling everyone "old sport"
    • Does not drink
    • Keeps himself separately from his own party
  •  Nick follows the advice of Daisy and Tom and begins seeing Jordan Baker 
  • Nick says that Jordan is fundamentally a dishonest person
    • He even knows that she cheated in her first golf tournament
      • Nick feels attracted to her despite her dishonesty, even though he himself claims to be one of the few honest people he has ever known

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