?The Great Gatsby Analysis
Great Gatsby chapter 3 analysis
Austin,Connor,Uday,Andre,Josh
Chapter Summary
Nick Carraway- Narrator describes Gatsby’s parties (who goes, what kind of people are there, what food and drinks are served, what music is played etc.)
Nick gets “actually” invited to Gatsby’s party. He explains that people who are not invited, end up showing up anyways
Nick arrives at the party and he describes the things he sees.
Nick meets Jordan Baker at the party and meet new people (rumours of Gatsby begin)
At the party, Nick not knowingly meets Gatsby for the first time (Nick describes he kind of person he is when he meets him- contrast shown between rumours and his personality)
Gatsby asks to speak with Jordan Baker alone ( he tells her things of his past and his plan to meet Daisy)
Jordan meets with Nick and tells him that Gatsby has told her amazing things but she does not tell him
Before Nicks returns home, he notices an accident (a man drives into a ditch)
Vocabulary Words
Contemptuous- showing or feeling contempt: feeling, expressing, or demonstrating a strong dislike or utter lack of respect for somebody or something.
“I was on my way to get roaring drunk from sheer embarrassment when Jordan Baker came out of the house and stood at the head of the marble steps, leaning a little backward and looking with contemptuous interest down into the garden” (44).
Credulity- gullibility: the tendency to believe something too readily.
“As our credulity switched back to her she leaned forward with enthusiasm” (45).
Homogeneity- quality of being same: the quality of being of the same or a similar nature.
“Instead of rambling, this party had preserved a dignified homogeneity, and assumed to itself the function of representing the staid nobility of the country side...” (46).
Melanchol- feeling or causing sadness: feeling or making somebody feel a thoughtful or gentle sadness
“The undergraduate nodded in a cynical, melancholy way” (46).
Tantalizing-
Austin,Connor,Uday,Andre,Josh
Chapter Summary
Nick Carraway- Narrator describes Gatsby’s parties (who goes, what kind of people are there, what food and drinks are served, what music is played etc.)
Nick gets “actually” invited to Gatsby’s party. He explains that people who are not invited, end up showing up anyways
Nick arrives at the party and he describes the things he sees.
Nick meets Jordan Baker at the party and meet new people (rumours of Gatsby begin)
At the party, Nick not knowingly meets Gatsby for the first time (Nick describes he kind of person he is when he meets him- contrast shown between rumours and his personality)
Gatsby asks to speak with Jordan Baker alone ( he tells her things of his past and his plan to meet Daisy)
Jordan meets with Nick and tells him that Gatsby has told her amazing things but she does not tell him
Before Nicks returns home, he notices an accident (a man drives into a ditch)
Vocabulary Words
Contemptuous- showing or feeling contempt: feeling, expressing, or demonstrating a strong dislike or utter lack of respect for somebody or something.
“I was on my way to get roaring drunk from sheer embarrassment when Jordan Baker came out of the house and stood at the head of the marble steps, leaning a little backward and looking with contemptuous interest down into the garden” (44).
Credulity- gullibility: the tendency to believe something too readily.
“As our credulity switched back to her she leaned forward with enthusiasm” (45).
Homogeneity- quality of being same: the quality of being of the same or a similar nature.
“Instead of rambling, this party had preserved a dignified homogeneity, and assumed to itself the function of representing the staid nobility of the country side...” (46).
Melanchol- feeling or causing sadness: feeling or making somebody feel a thoughtful or gentle sadness
“The undergraduate nodded in a cynical, melancholy way” (46).
Tantalizing-