Chapter+3

=__The Great Gatsby__=

Chapter 3


A Norimatsu T Barter M Morley

Central Idea- Most people are fakes, wether it be lying about material objects or about their feelings or thoughts. At Gatsby's parties which were for the mostpart, the upperclass, they would make themselves seem as if they had much more money and extravagant than they truly were. Fitzgerald who may not have been to a "celebrity party" could assume this because it is what most do, especially on occasions such as these.

1. Jazz was the most common type of music during the 1920's. String instruments and horns were commonly used to play Jazz music. Another type of music that was popular was blues in this era. Blues was similar to Jazz in the sense that they used several of the same instruments.

"By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived, no thin five piece affair, but a pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums (page 40)." This quote illustrates what a Jazz band was composed of. From the quote, it states that this wasn't a full band, but a typical sized band. It also shows that bands were common at these large parties, and were a major part.

"A celebrated tenor had sung in Italian, and a notorious contralto had sung jazz, and between the numbers people were doing 'stunts' all over the garden, while happy, vacuous bursts of laughter rose toward the summer sky (page 46)." This quote displays the people's reactions to music. They all loved it and were doing "stunts" all over the place. Music seemed to bring everyone at the party together as one large group of free spirits.

"There was a boom of a Bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden. (page 49)." With the amount of description Nick inputs into this quote, it shows how important or how much the sound of the orchestra leader stood out. It was something that Nick himself noticed very clearly.

2. 7 Deadly sins: Lust, gluttony, pride, greed, envy, wrath and sloth 7 Cardinal virtues: Chastity, abstinence, liberality, diligence, patience, kindness and humility

The great Jay Gatsby demonstrates gluttony, of the seven deadly sins, through his elaborate parties and the mass in which he purchases all of the goods. "Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York,... There was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour (pages 43-44)." Nick demonstrates one of the seven cardinal values, he even comes to realization and acceptance of this. Nick is a nice and honest man, and he never strays from his honesty and kindness throughout the novel. "Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues and this is mine:I am on of the few honest people that I have ever known (page 59)."

Nick manifests humility when he first meets Gatsby. Gatsby approaches Nick and when Gatsby mentions who he is Nick is amazed at who he is talking to. Gatsby introduces himself and Nick replies “What!” I exclaimed. “Oh, I beg your pardon.” This shows humility that Nick is awe struck to be in the prescense of the great Gatsby.

3. Nick- He was a passive man, and very honest. He was he like a Dr. Phil, everyone would talk to Nick and tell him everything about their lives. Jordan- She tended to lie a lot and decieving woman who always had to have her own way. She also seemed to have feelings for Nick. She was also very insecure.

"When we were on a house-party together up in Warwick, she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down, and then lied about it (page 57)." Jordan had left the top down and let the inside of the car get completely wet. She then lied about her actions, so she wouldn't be blamed for it. These lies demonstrates her dishonesty.

"She had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round (page 57)." She was suspected of cheating in her golf tournament, she was suspected of moving her ball out of a bad spot and into a better one. Only a dishonest and insecure person would do something like this, especially in a large event such as this.

"I am on of the few honest people that I have ever known (page 59)." After analyzing how dishonest Jordan is, he realizes that he is probably one of the few people that would actually notice this and that he is truly an honest man.

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