She tells Nick that she has heard “the most amazing thing” and gives him a few details of how to reach her (53).įinally, in chapter three, the “hero” emerges. She goes.Īfter about an hour, while the party is winding down, Jordan and Gatsby emerge from their private conversation. Gatsby would like to speak with her alone. His butler comes over to Jordan and tells her that Mr. Gatsby leaves to take a phone call and then returns and peruses the crowd. It turns out, Nick is speaking with Gatsby. Later in the garden, a stranger strikes up a conversation with Nick, saying he looked familiar, part of a certain infantry during the war. After supper, Jordan insists on finding Gatsby because never meeting him was “making uneasy” (45). More rumors about Gatsby are exchanged (that he was a German spy, that he killed a man). The girls are a little suspicious of his kindness stating that his generosity is because “he doesn’t want any trouble with anybody” (44). One of the girls ripped her dress at the last party she attended and Gatsby sent her a new (and expensive) one. Nick meets up with Jordan Baker and some other girls who give a little more background information about Gatsby.
“…on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day…repairing the ravages of the night before” (39) and the people that attend his parties conduct “themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with an amusement park” (41). Plot Overview Chapter 1 Summary Chapter 2 Summary Chapter 3 Summary Chapter 4 Summary Chapter 5 Summary Chapter 6 Summary Chapter 7 Summary Chapter 8 Summary Chapter 9 Summary Character Analysis Important Quotes Themes, Motifs and Symbols Major Discussion QuestionsĬhapter three opens with Nick’s attending his first Gatsby party and, in detailed description, comments on the spectacle of them.
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