The Great Gatsby

Chapter 3 starts off with Gatsby having parties at his home. Throughout summer he has had many parties and finally Nick is invited to one. You would think that finally he had met Gatsby but actually Gatsby sent his chauffeur to invite Nick to the party. Also during this you finally learn Gatsby’s first name, Jay. The summer parties seem to be mysterious and you wonder what is going on at them, and how the book talks about the different people who are leaving this party it makes you wonder what is going on. I think that Nick believes it will be a normal party and he’ll meet Gatsby and what not but it really isn’t like that. There are many people there who weren’t even invited and most of them are dressed in business suits and it’s like they just got off of work. And the women, some of them are dressed in pretty much like gowns. Then when Nick goes looking for Gatsby everyone he asks, either doesn’t know him or is just surprise that Nick doesn’t know him. But it makes Nick very uncomfortable and he goes outside where he sees Jordan Baker. Then they walk around together and talk together. They meet these 2 girls who talk about Gatsby killing a man but it is said to be that it was done in war. But Gatsby seems to be a nice man, like how he bought the one girl a dress that it wasn’t even his fault that it got ruined. Then Nick is talking to this young man who invites Nick to go on his new hydroplain and then all of a sudden he says something pretty embarrassing because the young man turns out to be Jay Gatsby. Awkward!!! After that Gatsby goes inside and watches as the people are dancing to this certain song. The way he watches them is as if he is proud. Proud to make others happy and getting others close together through this song. Gatsby seemed to be this older man who had parties to stay close to people and to be out there mingling with others, but he is actually this young man who is very mysterious and has really lived his life. And it isn’t done yet…