Transcript The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Chapter 3

The Great Gatsby
by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapter 3
Presented by
Sean Egan
Revision
The Characters
Jay Gatsby
• Lives in West Egg
• Nick’s neighbor
Jordan Baker
• Professional Golf player
• Friend and confidante to
Daisy Buchanan
• Attends Gatsby’s parties
• Likes to gossip
Gatsby’s Party
“…they conducted themselves according to
the rules of behavior associated with an
amusement park.”
Gatsby’s Party - Start
Cheerful
Hopeful
Joyous
Alive
Gay
Glamorous
Expensive
“…a simplicity of heart that was it’s own ticket
of admission.”
Gatsby’s Party - End
Disrespectful
Dissension
Angry
Malevolence
Sad
Impatience
Selfish
Wasteful
“And on Mondays eight servants…toiled all
day…repairing the ravages of the night
before.”
Describing Jay Gatsby
“…whose elaborate formality of speech just
missed being absurd.”
Young
Mysterious
Romantic
Polite
Careful
Generous
Enigmatic
Formal
Ex-military
Reassuring
Interesting quotes - Jay Gatsby
“This fella’s a regular Belasco**.”
“…they thought he killed a man once.”
“…he was a German spy.”
“But young men didn’t drift coolly out of nowhere and buy a
palace on Long Island.”
“…I’d gotten the strange impression that he was picking his
words with care.”
“He’s just a man named Gatsby.”
“I could see nothing sinister about him.”
Describing Jordan Baker
“She was incurably dishonest.”
wealthy
realistic
careless
intolerant
exciting
gossipy
dishonest
haughty
strong
modern
indifferent
bored
restless
Interesting quotes – Jordan Baker
“…and looking with contemptuous interest down into the
garden.”
“…this is much too polite for me.”
“She held my hand impersonally, as a promise that she’d take care of me in a
minute.”
“I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
“The bored haughty face that she turned to the world concealed something...”
“Jordan Baker instinctively avoided clever, shrewd men…She was incurably
dishonest.”
“I hate careless people. That’s why I’m with you.”
Interesting quotes – Nick Carraway
“People were not invited…I had been actually invited..”
“Having a gay time now?”
“I wasn’t in love, but I felt a tender sort of curiosity.”
“Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame
deeply.”
“I was on my way to getting roaring drunk from sheer embarrassment.”
“I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger-bowls of champagne,
and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant,
elemental and profound.”
“I hate careless people. That’s why I’m with you.”
“I am one of the few honest people that I have ever
known.”
Gayety and Gay
• Gayety or gaiety - the quality or state of being gay or
cheerful; merriment
• By the 1920’s, the term ‘gay’ was used to refer to homosexual
• Why would Jordan think that Nick is gay?
Thoughts
• How is the description of Nick being “within and without”
demonstrated in Chapter 3?”
• Why did Gatsby especially invite Nick to the party and why is
Gatsby so nice to him?
• Does Nick enjoy New York because he doesn’t feel like
people need him to care about anything?
• What have we learned about Chapter 3?
General Discussion Time