The Great Gatsby - Chapter 3: Pg. 39-59

Summary:

• This chapter starts off with Nick talking about his view of Mr. Gatsby's house during a party.  At the party, Nick runs into Jordan Baker and her group of friends while they all try to guess what Mr. Gatsby is like.  Through a random conversation, Nick meets Mr. Gatsby and discovers that Mr. Gatsby served in the same war as Nick did.  Nick realizes that Mr. Gatsby is very young and nice, and that he is always getting calls from different cities in America.  At the end of the chapter, Nick talks about what he does outside of all the partying while he discusses his attraction to Jordan Backer.  However, he notices that she is very dishonest.
• Jordan Baker
• Quote: "She was incurably dishonest.  She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage and, given this unwillingness, I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool, insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hard, jaunty body."
• Description: Small, slender, small breasted, erect carriage that she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders, gray sun-strained eyes, wan, charming, discontented face, wears sports clothes, dishonest.
• In the beginning of the novel, Jordan seemed like she was more of an honest person in the novel because she was able to live happily without having to marry a rich man.  However, in the third chapter we find out that she is very dishonest.  She likes the lie about incidents like the convertible car in the rain.  She is also a hypocrite as shown when Jordan is driving with Nick and how she does not like careless drivers when she clearly is a careless driver.  Although Jordan is dishonest, she is put in this novel because she is one of the only strong independent women who does not need a man with money to rule her life.  She is also Nicks love interest.  
• Quote that Stood Out: "...it's more that he (Gatsby) was a German spy during the war." 
• This quote illustrates how all these people are going on rumors in order to describe Mr. Gatsby.  Throughout this whole novel so far, the only image that we get of Mr. Gatsby is that he is rich and that he has killed a man.  This quote also reminds me of the words of advice that Nick's dad told him.  Everyone is being judgmental about some guy they have never met before.  What is also funny is that everyone is going to Mr. Gatsby's party even though no one knows him or was invited by him.