Great Gatsby chapter 3

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Chapter 3: what do you remember.
Keywords!

Money

his two motor-boats... his Rolls-Roys... eight servants, including an extra gardener... a corps of caterers... the orchestra... swimmers

Contrast

Personal vs Impersonal

Leisure vs Labour

Kind vs Dangerous

Upper class vs Lower class

Appearance vs Reality

• Personal vs Impersonal

Gatsby's guests, they don't know the host but come t other party anyway. Only Nick is invited and personally invested, he wants to find Gatsby to thank him for the invitiation

• Leisure vs Labour

Most people come to party, however, the English men come to work, earn money (p. 34). 

The first half of the chapter, party. Second half of the chapter, Nick describing his day to day life, work

• Kind vs Dangerous

Is Gatsby a good man or not? Rumors that he has killed a man, but also, buys a guest a new dress when she rips her dress at his party (p.35)

• Upper class vs Lower class

Foreshadows the battle of old money vs new money, the original upper classes and the new upper class (= rising lower class). Next slide has textual evidence (Close reading)

• Appearance vs Reality

Gatsby is still very mysterious. Nick has not yet been acquainted with the man, he has only heard rumors. This big party, is Gatsby hiding something? 

Also, what about the library? Why did the owl-eyed man think the books would be fake? (p. 37)

Showing versus telling

Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived
from a fruiterer in New York—every Monday these same
oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless
halves. There was a machine in the kitchen which could
extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour, if
a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butler’s
thumb.

 People were not invited—they went there. They got into
automobiles which bore them out to Long Island and somehow
they ended up at Gatsby’s door. Once there they were
introduced by somebody who knew Gatsby and after that
they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior
associated with amusement parks.

Would you go to one of Gatsby's parties? Explain...

rumour

‘Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once.’

'...he was a German spy during the war.' 

'he
was in the American army during the war.'

'You look at him sometimes when he thinks nobody’s looking
at him. I’ll bet he killed a man.’

Who is Nick talking to?

I was still with Jordan Baker. We were sitting at a table
with a man of about my age...

Your face is familiar,’ he said, politely. ‘Weren’t you in
the Third Division during the war?’
‘Why, yes. I was in the Ninth Machine-Gun Battalion.’
‘I was in the Seventh Infantry until June nineteen-eighteen.
I knew I’d seen you somewhere before.’

Who is Nick talking to?

1. Owl eyes
2. Jay Gatsby
3. Tom Buchanan
4. George Wilson

Which war are they talking about?

1. First world war
2. Second world war
3. Cold war
4. War against terrorism

I was looking at an elegant young rough-neck, a
year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech
just missed being absurd.

Old sport

How do many guests arrive at Gatsby's party?

1. By boat
2. They walk
3. By train
4. In a car provided by Gatsby

What is "special" about Nick's invitation to Gatsby's party?

1. Nick received his invitation by special delivery
2. Nick's invitation was hand written
3. Nick seems to be the one of only a few people actually invited to the party.
4. Nick is not famous or wealthy, so did not expect to be invited

Who does Nick run into at Gatsby's party?

1. Tom Buchanan
2. Daisy Buchanan
3. Jordan Baker
4. All of the above

What is Jordan Baker's profession?

1. famous artist
2. famous golfer
3. well known heiress
4. famous model

What happened to the girl who tore her dress the last time she was at Gatsby's?

1. She showed up wearing the same dress a second time
2. Gatsby bought her a new one
3. She got in an argument with her husband
4. She drank too much and passed out

What is NOT one of the speculations about Gatsby made by guests at his party?

1. Gatsby killed a man once
2. Gatsby was a German spy during the war
3. Gatsby was in the American army during the wa
4. Gatsby is the cousin to the Kaiser Wilhelm

Who is the "owl-eyed" man?

1. The man Nick encounters in Gatsby's library
2. A friend of Jordan's who thinks he is her boyfriend
3. A neighbor of Gatsby's
4. A man who seems to be Gatsby's servant

Why is Owl Eyes so surprised with Gatsby's library?

1. The shelves are made of oak
2. The pages of the books are cut
3. The books are real
4. Gatsby has volume 1 of Stoddard's Lectures

Eyes

• Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
• Owl Eyes

•  Owl Eyes is the only character, perhaps besides Nick, who is curious about Gatsby and wants to see him for who he truly is. 

Why is Nick momentarily embarrassed at the party?

1. He doesn't recognize Jordan immediately
2. He speaks to a man he does not know is Gatsby
3. He feels very poor among the other guests
4. Gatsby did not expect him to actually attend the party

At the party, whom does Gatsby call aside for a private conversation?

1. Jordan Baker
2. Nick
3. Daisy Buchanan
4. Myrtle

Which statement best describes a reaction Nick has to Gatsby?

1. He is surprised by how informally Gatsby speaks to everyone
2. He is impressed by Gatsby's smile and think he seems very genuine
3. He is disgusted by how drunk and rude Gatsby is

showing versus telling

Then, very gradually, part by part, a pale
dangling individual stepped out of the wreck, pawing tentatively
at the ground with a large uncertain dancing shoe.
Blinded by the glare of the headlights and confused by
the incessant groaning of the horns the apparition stood
swaying for a moment before he perceived the man in the
duster.
‘Wha’s matter?’ he inquired calmly. ‘Did we run outa
gas?’

This man is obviously

1. very drunk.
2. very confused due to a concussion.
3. joking.
4. lying.