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I left on in The Great Gatsby when Mr. Carraway was at Gatsby’s party. He finally met Gatsby. The next morning Mr. Carraway had lunch with Gatsby upon his request. Gatsby ended up telling him all about his even that he was an Oxford man. However, Mr.Carraway strongly believes that he is lying. When they were at lunch they ended up seeing Tom. In this section I learned that Daisy had known Gatsby many years ago. Miss Baker let Mr. Carraway that Gatsby want him to invite Daisy over for tea. He did and Gatsby and Daisy started right back where they had left off many years ago. This section ended when they all went over to Gatsby’s house for a tour. Gatsby wanting to see Daisy again makes me think that it was more than a friendship many years ago.

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