Chapter 3 - Summary Flashcards
What does Nick first describe in this chapter?
Gatsby’s extravagant summer parties
How does Nick describe the guests of the party?
“Guests diving from the tower of his raft… taking sun on the hot sand of his beach”
How does Nick describe the servants of the party?
“Servants toiled all day… repairing the ravages of the night before”
What do the guests seem to enjoy at Gatsby’s parties?
Hospitality
What 2 things does Nick use to paint a picture of the party’s atmosphere?
“Floating rounds of cocktails” in the garden/”Enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s names”
What does Nick say when he is invited to Gatsby’s party?
“One of the few guests who had actually been invited”
How does Nick feel at the party? What influences this?
Out of place
There are “a number of young Englishmen” “selling something” to the new money
How does Nick describe the new money?
“Agonisingly aware of the easy money in the vicinity”
What is common with the guests at Gatsby’s party? What do they speculate about?
No one knows him
His wealth
What are 3 examples of gossip about Gatsby?
He was a “German spy”/Oxford student/”He killed a man once”
What do people use Gatsby for? What does his mysterious nature source?
His parties
Gossip
Who does Nick meet at the party for a second time?
Jordan
Why does Jordan lead Nick away from the party? Where do they enter?
To “find the host”
Gatsby’s library
Who does Nick encounter in the library? What does Nick nickname him?
“A short, middle-aged man with enormous owl-eyed spectacles”
Owl Eyes
What is Owl Eyes doing in Gatsby’s library?
What is he surprised to find?
Admiring Gatsby’s books
The books aren’t made of “nice durable cardboard”
Who does Owl Eyes compare Gatsby to? Who is this person?
Belasco
Theatre set designer
What does Gatsby unknowingly first say to Nick? What do they realise?
Your “face is familiar”
They probably met in WW1
Who is the mysterious man Nick is talking to? What is this a reminder of?
Gatsby
Prior to the book, the world was in conflict and not partying
Who comes to get Jordan? What for?
A butler
To speak privately with Gatsby
What does Jordan tell Nick after her chat with Gatsby? How will she reveal more information?
She heard “the most amazing thing”
If Nick goes with her to her aunt’s, Miss Sigourney Howard
How does Nick feel after learning he is one of the last guests at the party?
“Rather ashamed”
Who is Gatsby summoned by? Why?
His butler
“Philadelphia is on the phone, sir”
What is the crowd doing as Nick leaves? Why? Who was in the car?
Gathering around a “tumultuous scene”
A guest has drunk-driven their car into a ditch
Owl Eyes
What does Nick tell the reader after the party?
There was more to his life than Gatsby’s parties
How does Nick describe his everyday life personally and professionally? What has he grown to like about NY?
He had “a short affair with a girl from Jersey” and went to work
Its “racy, adventurous feel”
How does Nick describe Jordan? Why?
He is “flattered to go places with her”
She is a champion golfer
What doesn’t Nick like about Jordan? How does Nick describe himself?
She is “incurably dishonest”
He is “one of the few honest people”
How does Nick excessively describe champagne at the party?
“Champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger-bowls”
How does Nick describe the Tenor at the party excessively?
“A celebrated Tenor had sung in Italian”
How does Nick describe bursts of laughter at the party excessively?
“Vacuous bursts of laughter rose towards the summer sky”
