Wednesday, December 17, 2008

chapter 3

Gatsby has this big party at his house and he has one of his butlers give Nick an invitation to his party. Nick goes to the party, he does not know many of the people there. He searches for Gatsby, but does not find him. He sees Jordan and Nick and Jordan stay together for most of the party.While Nick is at the party he hears rumors going around about Gatsby's past. Someone even said they thought that Gatsby killed a man.As the party goes on many people start to get drunk and are getting louder and crazier. Nick and Jordan want to find out about Gatsby so they go looking for him.They don't find Gatsby but instead find a drunk man looking at books in Gatsby's library.later in the night they start talking to this guy who says that Nick looks very familar to him and they find out that they served in the same division together in the war. Nick starts talking about how he has been looking for the host of the party, but he has been no where in sight. Then Gatsby tells him that he is the host. As the party goes on Nick notices that Gatsby does not drink or get involved in the party. He just watches the others enjoying themselves.Later Gatsby wants to talk to Jordan. She was talking to him for about an hour, and when she came out of the roon she told Nick she had heard something very strange.Nick leaves the party. He then talks about his job and what he does each day.He was seeing a girl from New Jersey, but now he wasn't and he begins seeing Jordan. He Knows Jordan is not a very honest person because he has heard that she cheated in one of her golf tournaments, but he doesn't care even though he considers himself to be a very honest person.

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