Great Gatsby
Chapter 3-4
Nick was invited
to party. Gatsby's mansion was packed with revelers when Nick arrived. Very few
of them seem to be invited guests, and even fewer had met Gatsby face to face. Nick
went to Jordan Baker, who was even more casually bitter than usual because she
had recently lost a golf tournament.
Nick and Jordan
decided to find their mysterious host, and wandered into Gatsby’s library.
There they met a short, somewhat drunk man. He was amazed by Gatsby’s books. Later,
as Nick and Jordan sat outside watching the party, Nick stroke up a
conversation with the man sitting next to him. This person was the mysterious
Gatsby.
Then he left to
take a phone call. Later, he sent his butler to ask Jordan Baker if he may speak
with her privately. When she finished talking to Gatsby, she told Nick that she
had heard some important news, but didn’t tell it now. Nick left the party. Then we knew that he began to date with
Jordan Baker.
One morning,
Gatsby invited Nick to lunch in the city. Gatsby told Nick about of his past. He
claimed to be the son of wealthy parents from the “Midwest” town of San
Francisco, to had graduated from Oxford, been a noted jewel collector in Europe
and a decorated hero in the war. He even showed Nick a war medal, and then told
Nick to expect to hear a very sad story about him later in the afternoon.
At lunch, Gatsby
introduced Carraway to Meyer Wolfsheim. She was an infamous gambler, and
claimed responsibility for fixing the 1919 World Series. Nick began to suspect
Gatsby of underworld dealings, due to his association with the sinister
Wolfsheim.
They happened to
run into Tom Buchanan, and Nick introduced him to Gatsby. Gatsby appeared
highly uncomfortable in Tom's presence and quickly left them without giving an
explanation.
Then Nick met
Jordan. She told him that when Gatsby was a young man, he had a passionate
romance with Daisy Fay, who is now Daisy Buchanan. During the war, when Daisy
was not yet twenty, Gatsby met her while he was stationed in Louisville and the
two of them fell in love. Her family prevented Daisy from leaving and marrying
Gatsby, and one year later she married Tom Buchanan. Gatsby never fall out of
love with Daisy and bought his giant mansion in West Egg to be across the bay
from her. He had hoped that the magnificent house would impress her and win
back her love. Jordan added that Gatsby has requested that Nick invite Daisy
over to his house for tea.
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Good!
Slips:
was invited to A party
Very few of them seemED
Gatsby told Nick about his past (without of)