The Great Gatsby: Chapter 3

Mandy Holcomb

Mr. Copeland

English 11 CP

20 January 2010

A Confusion with Laughter

1. I think a good title for this chapter would be "A Confusion With Laughter." It describes the chapter because Nick goes to another party but this one is at Gatby's mansion. Nick describes the night with thorough detail stating that the evening was filled with much laughter. Nick also finds himself talking to a man that he has no idea is Gatsby. Nick is confused in this chapter with Jordan also. He thinks that he loves her sometimes. So I think Nick is a very confused character in this chapter, but is filled with laughter at the party.

2. Gatsby is widley known for his elaborate partys in which Nick is asked to attend one. The party is huge as guest woe over Gatsby's riches, and Nick runs into Jordan Baker. After searching for Gatsby, but finding a drunk man in his library instead, Nick has a conversation with a handsome man, named Jay Gatsby, who has seen Nick before. Afer leaving the party and seeing Owl Eyes in a ditch on the side of the road, Nick explains that his life isn't just going to partys, but he works in the city and has become quite fond of Jordan Baker and her dishonesty.

3. "Absolutely real- have pages and everything. I thought they'd be a nice durable cardboard." (page 45) I thought that this quote was interesting because this random guy who is in Gatsby's library is looking at his many books and expects them all to be fake. But no, he finds that they are all real. I thought it remarkable that Gatsby has all these thousands of books that he has probably read. In this chapter is see Gatsby as a very classy smart man. And i see this drunk guy as a guy who thinks Gatsby isn't smart and that he doesnt deserve to be rich.

A. I see character developement in Jordan Baker. She shows up at this party and the reader learns a little but more about her. I learned that she is close to Gatsby in some way because he leaves to talk to her alone for an hour. The reader also learns that Jordan attracts Nick in some way and she is a very dishonest person.