Great Gatsby Chapter 3 Study Guide – Flashcards
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Describe the two ways in which Nick differs from the other guests at Gatsby's party.
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Nick was actually invited and didn't get drunk
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What does Nick think of Gatsby when he first meets him?
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He's fascinated w/ him. He thinks he'll be a corpulent businessman but is actually very friendly
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Describe the events and atmosphere of the party.
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Big and extravagant. Drunk liveliness. Band and orchestra playing.
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What new rumors does the reader learn about Gatsby in this chapter?
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He was an Oxford man, a German spy, a war-boy, and killed a man
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What does the owl-eyed man in the library find extraordinary about Gatsby's library?
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The books, they're real and unread. (Book pages were stuck together before they were read in the 20s)
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What does Nick learn about Jordan Baker after he has spent some time with her?
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She's horribly dishonest and cheats her way into winning
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Why does Fitzgerald describe the party (in the passage beginning "By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived") in the present tense?
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To make the reader be apart of the story in a way
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How does Nick characterize the guests at Gatsby's party? What sense of life in the Jazz Age do we get from the description of this party?
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Nick observes people most of the time during the party. Most are wealthy businessmen, but they're fake however from how much they flaunt it. Lifestyles in the 20s were very luxurious and they had extravagant parties w/ alcohol and expensive items.
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Describe the ambiguity in Gatsby's character that strikes Nick.
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Nick is always impressed by Gatsby for his parties, he then realizes that he doesn't parties for himself and that he doesn't care about superficial items and he doesn't enjoy himself at his parties.
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Describe two incidents involving automobiles in this chapter. What role do automobiles seem to play in the novel so far?
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The rich people drive recklessly because they don't care what happens. They have never-ending $. Owl eyes gets into an accident because the driver was drunk.
