THE GREAT GATSBY - CHAPTER THREE

This is the party scene within the book and this is the first meeting of Gatsby.

Is there a colour within this chapter or the whole book?
- Use of colours; oranges, lemons, blue, dark gold, yellow.
Primary colours - yellow is the more dominant colour
- Referneces to the colour grey. However, it's summer.

Imagery: isolated at the party. The feeling of being somewhere but feeling isolated and that everything around you is still moving.

Gatsby and Nick to meet next day to fly a plane

Car crash when people are leaving
BUT WHY IS THERE A CAR CRASH?
-  Sense of death
- Foreshadowing of Daisy running over Myrtle
- References to cars

Jordan is at the party, develop of Jordan as a character.
- Is she dishonest?
- Is she a cheat?
- Nick talks about someone he loved

There is a contrast to Tom as a character

Key notes:
- Nick seems to be coming out of his shell and changed character when he see's the crash
- Got angry about him going to commit suicide
- Time references
- The party sequence seems to perfect to be real.
- One image that captures chapter three - everyone is robots with masks, all work the same and talk the same.
- Sense of belonging. Nick is not engaging or for any reason doesn't fit into the theme of Gatsby.