1. The Great Gatsby Chapter 3

2. Whose car is this? How do you know?

3. Gatsby’s Parties  “I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited-they went there”  How do people conduct themselves at these parties?

4. Extravagance  What kinds of things go on at Gatsby’s parties?  What extreme measures does Gatsby take to ensure a good time?

5. Rumors  What are some of the rumors about Gatsby?

6. Owl Eyes  “Absolutely real-” To what is this quote referring?  Where else is Owl Eyes mentioned in this chapter?

7. Awkward  Describe the meeting between Nick and Gatsby.  How old is Gatsby?  What is Gatsby like?

8. Nick on Gatsby  “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”

9. Who said this? Why?  “Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known”

10. Nick as narrator  Towards the end of the chapter Nick interrupts the narration and addresses the reader  What info does Nick give us here?

11. Character Development  Nick  Jordan  Gatsby

12. Elements of the 1920s  Role of alcohol C/C the parties in chapter 1, 2, and 3  Hedonism  Obsession with material things  Obsession with social class  American Dream

13. “The very rich are different from you and me”  F. S. Fitzgerald