The Great Gatsby - Chapter 3

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 3

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In chapter three Nick tells us about the first party he attends at

Gatsby’s one friday night. He sees himself as the only guest who was

actually been invited by Gatsby’s chauffeur earlier in the morning. He

describes all preparation on fridays before the party and on mondays

after the party, e.g. gardeners cleaning Gatsby’s property (p.37-39)

Arriving at the party Nick doesn’t know anyone he could talk to and

can’t even find the host, so decides to stop at the bar, where, a

little later, he welcomes Jordan Baker. They end up in a conversation

with three men and two girls talking about rumors about Gatsby

(p.40/41).

After a short time they leave the group to look for Gatsby, since they

haven’t met him yet. They don’t find Gatsby, but the library, where

Jordan and Nick meet a drunk man talking about the realism of the

books. Leaving the house and sitting down on a table, Nick meets

Gatsby, not knowing it is him (p.44).

Gatsby, an elegant, young man with tanned skin and short hair, invites

him to a short trip with his new hydroplane in the next morning.

Gatsby leaves and after Nick has learned Jordan’s rumors about him,

they see him standing all alone on the steps of his backyard. When his

butler delivers Gatsby’s message to Jordan, that he wants to talk to

her, Nick, alone, goes back into the house to observe young ladies and

old men (p.47)

When he decides to leave the party he meets Jordan and Gatsby coming

out of one room together. Jordan tells him to call him, and Nick

leaves. Outside he meets the drunk man he had met earlier in the