CRQs Gatsby chapter 3

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Gatsby Chapter 3


Describe the preparations for Gatsby’s party.

Nick, who claims he resists the temptation to judge people, describes differences between himself an other party guests. What distinctions does he describe? What status does he claim for himself?

Who is “owl eyes”? Where do Nick and Jordan find him? What is he doing? Why does he care about this?

Describe the way in which Nick first meets Gatsby.

Explain Gatsby’s smile. How is it described? What powers does it seem to have?

“Anyhow he gives large parties,” said Jordan, changing the subject with an urban distaste for the concrete. “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy” (54). Is this a paradox? What is a paradox? What does Jordan mean?

Who is told that she should ‘sing the notes on her face’? Describe the scene in which this appears. It’s after two in the morning and Jordan has gone to talk to Gatsby. What does Nick see during this waiting period?

Owl Eyes appears again outside Gatsby’s house after the party has broken up. What happens? Why is the conversation hard to follow?

Nick concludes the chapter with a narrative intrusion in which he “reads over” what he has “written so far” (60). What is revealed in this passage? About him? About Jordan Baker?