Chapter 3
Nick describes Gatsby having a "blue garden" - I think the use of blue in this sentence could mean two things either 'blue' as in blue blood like the royals and 'blue' as in it is a very vivid colour.
Makes a point about telling us about the amount of servants who come to his house - he notes that they come every Friday, this makes his life seem very regimented and robotic like its in a cycle.
Nick is also very descriptive about the food, money and the people there creating the illusion of wealth. He makes sure we know that the orchestra is very big not just a "thin five piece affair."
The main colour in this scene for me if the colour YELLOW Nick draws close attention to this colour - yellow dresses
- yellow bug (car)
- yellow cocktail music
People walk in who are not invited - Nick refers to it as an amusement park.
Very superficial - just there because it is the place to be 'to make a name for themeselves'
People are very fake, selfish, materialistic.
Jordon says " I like large parties. They're more intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy"
Their are many different rumours about Gatsby like 'he killed a man' etc but only important people have people whispering about you.
Everyone makes a massive deal about Gatsby and you imagine a very distinctive figure but when Nick does not even know who he is talking to you realise he is just the same as everyone else.
Nick makes a very distinctive image about the crowds yet when he is with Gatsby he likes to create a sense of intimacy like its just him and Gatsby in the room.
Nick keeps telling us how Gatsby keeps getting called away to answer phone calls - makes Gatsby seem very important and also makes a direct reference to new technology of the phone
Jordon and Nick go to find Gatsby and instead they find a man who is described as being "owl eyed" he is drunk and trying to sober up (hasn't been sober for a week - shows what kind of life these people lead) he is amazed at the fact the books are real.
Lots of time references throughout the book,
- Vladimir Tostroff,
- Late when Nick leaves the house.
Outsiders appear to be a massive theme in this book - chapter 1 Daisy's house is uncomfortable
Now Nick is an outsider at the party
because he knows no one at the party.
Nick lacks social structure - goes to the bar "the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless or alone"
The car crash could be a sense of foreshadow to what is going to happen to Myrtle.
Nick has an over exaggerated imagination - imagines following women home and going out with them.
Very lonely - wants to be with someone.
Becomes fascinated with Jordon - not in love.
He says she has grey eyes - grey is a slightly odd colour and he uses grey a lot to describe the 'valley off ashes' in chapter two is there a link between these two?
Thinks he is very honest but i think he is one of the most deceitful.
Get the idea that Nick does not know himself - doesn't know what he wants (2 affairs) - wants to fit in with everyone else and be accepted.
There is a sense of foreboding at the end of the chapter.
Are we now getting more about Nick so that the interest for the reader is just as much in him than Gatsby? These are good, detailed notes.
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