Chapter 3 (GG)

This chapter starts out with Henry commenting on Gatsby's party life. It starts from 9 am and goes strong long past 12 pm. Then loads of cleaners have to come in and they throw out a lot of food. Also Gatsby has one party a month that is bigger than the rest. Nick is invited to one of Gatsby's parties and attends. When Nick shows up he tries to find Gatsby but fails. He then runs into Jordan and they sit and chat with some other people. One of the girls they sit with tells a story about how she was at one of Gatsby's parties before and her dress ripped and Gatsby bought her a new one. The group then throws around ideas of Gatsby's past because no one knows the truth. Nick and Jordan then get up and look for Gatsby and go to the library, where they see a man with huge glasses, who Nick refers to as Owl Eyes. They leave the library and go to the garden where it's well past 12 and they sit with a handsome man who recognizes Nick and asks if he fought in the war and they figure out that they were in the same division. Nick then goes to tell this man that this is his first party he's been to, even though he is Gatsby's neighbor. The man goes to introduce himself as Jay Gatsby! HA. Gatsby then has to go answer a call from Chicago and once he leaves, Nick immediately starts questioning Jordan on Gatsby. All Jordan could tell Nick is that Gatsby says he went to Oxford, but she doesn't believe him. Nick notices Gatsby is back outside and he isn't drinking, but looking at all of his guests instead. At around 2, Nick and Jordan get ready to leave, but then a butler comes up to Miss Baker and says Gatsby wants to see her. Nick waits, and when Jordan returns she says she was told something extraordinary and she will tell him later, and she leaves. Gatsby comes up to Nick after that and asks him if he wants to go on his plane tomorrow and their conversation is interrupted by Philadelphia wanting to talk to Gatsby. Nick leaves to go home and sees that Owl Eyes went into the ditch with his car. Nick then starts telling us that his life isn't just parties, but most of the time he is working and he also is starting a relationship with Jordan Baker and finds out that she is a dishonest woman, and most likely lied in her first golf tournament. Yet Nick still enjoys her company and also thinks that he is probably the most honest person he has ever known.

Response- Interesting, now that we finally know how Gatsby's parties fold out, I wonder if Nick will attend again? He most likely will now that he met Gatsby... also I want to know if Jordan has ever been caught lying... hmm...

Question- Why are these cities calling Gatsby and what are they about?