The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Analysis over chapter 3 pages 39-48
The beginning of this chapter left me feeling like an excited, giddy guest at one of Gatsby's parties. First off, the setting and descriptions of his parties just sound so alluring, spectacular, and free. All the food, the drinks, the music, the glamour. The whole event just seems so extravagant every time. Due to the detailed accounts, I could literally imagine the hanging lights and the sky deepening into a dark blue as the moon began rise. I could see the guest migrating around the beautiful garden, mingling with strangers in there drunken haze. Nick expresses the enchantment of Gatsby party when he says," the lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music, and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at cheerful word,"(Fitzgerald, 40). After multiple nights of witnessing Gatsby's parties from his house, Nick received an invitation for himself. Feeling slightly uncomfortable at first, Nick retreated to the cocktail bar until he ran into Jordan Baker. At first I thought nothing was going to happen between the two, but now I'm not quite sure. I definitely picked up on more chemistry between them this time around, but still nothing like I felt between Nick and Daisy. Later on in the evening, as Nick starts mingling with the other guest, rumors being the fly about who Gatsby really is. One girl believed him to be a German spy, while another woman had heard he was an American solider. It isn't till Nick finds out for himself, when he unknowingly talks to Gatsby about fighting in Seventh Infantry for America. When Nick actually finds out he has been talking to Gatsby, Gatsby is pulled away before he can get another word out of him. All he notes is his understanding smile. Nick states," He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life."(Fitzgerald, 48). He continues to say, " It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey,"(Fitzgerald, 48). Gatsby must be an incredible guy to convey all those emotions from a simple smile. I am very interested to see how and when Nick and Gatsby will cross paths again.
The beginning of this chapter left me feeling like an excited, giddy guest at one of Gatsby's parties. First off, the setting and descriptions of his parties just sound so alluring, spectacular, and free. All the food, the drinks, the music, the glamour. The whole event just seems so extravagant every time. Due to the detailed accounts, I could literally imagine the hanging lights and the sky deepening into a dark blue as the moon began rise. I could see the guest migrating around the beautiful garden, mingling with strangers in there drunken haze. Nick expresses the enchantment of Gatsby party when he says," the lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music, and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at cheerful word,"(Fitzgerald, 40). After multiple nights of witnessing Gatsby's parties from his house, Nick received an invitation for himself. Feeling slightly uncomfortable at first, Nick retreated to the cocktail bar until he ran into Jordan Baker. At first I thought nothing was going to happen between the two, but now I'm not quite sure. I definitely picked up on more chemistry between them this time around, but still nothing like I felt between Nick and Daisy. Later on in the evening, as Nick starts mingling with the other guest, rumors being the fly about who Gatsby really is. One girl believed him to be a German spy, while another woman had heard he was an American solider. It isn't till Nick finds out for himself, when he unknowingly talks to Gatsby about fighting in Seventh Infantry for America. When Nick actually finds out he has been talking to Gatsby, Gatsby is pulled away before he can get another word out of him. All he notes is his understanding smile. Nick states," He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life."(Fitzgerald, 48). He continues to say, " It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey,"(Fitzgerald, 48). Gatsby must be an incredible guy to convey all those emotions from a simple smile. I am very interested to see how and when Nick and Gatsby will cross paths again.
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