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__**SUMMARY**__ The chapter begins with everyone arriving at one of Gatsby's parties. People like the Leeches, the Chester Beckers, and the "the boarder", also known as Klipspringer. Gatsby announces to Nick that they will have lunch in the city. During the ride, Gatsby tries to clear his past with Nick so that he will not draw his own conclusions about the rumors spreading around. However, it's too late; Nick is already suspicious about the information that Gatsby is divulging, including the fact that he has gone to Oxford after being born to a wealthy midwestern family. Gatsby goes on to talk about his military experience as he proceeds to get a speeding ticket from a police officer who eventually lets him go. While in New York, Nick meets a man who is alledged to have "fixed" the 1919 World Series. Later Jordan Baker has a flashback about how a "secret admirer" who stared at Daisy; the man's name was Jay Gatsby. Daisy's family didn't approve of Jay so they were quick to get her attention on Tom, a more suitable gentleman. Daisy marries Tom and gives birth to their first child. Jordan goes on to explain why Gatsby had //really// come to West Egg: Gatsby intentionally bought the house across form Daisy's so he may one day "accidentally" reunite with her. Gatsby plans to have this intention come true by having Nick secretly invite Daisy to his house for a luncheon.

__**REFLECTION**__ The fact that Gatsby is having another one of his parties can be a reflection of Fitzgerald's life. The author and his wife were constantly throwing parties, as does Gatsby in the novel. Another reflection can be of Gatsby's supposed military experience. Fitzgerald never had the chance to partake in WWI or WWII so it can be presumed that he'd want to live out this ambition in one of his novels, although Gatsby's participation in the war may be a lie. The novel also alluded to the famous WWI German Chief of General Staff, Paul von Hindenburg (page 65). Throughout the novel, the author constantly alludes to WWI, mentioning the Argonne forest, famous fronts, and generals.

__**VOCAB**__ bootlegger: someone who illegally transports and sells alcohol knickerbockers: trousers that end around the knee and were famous among males as opposed to females chambermaid: a maid who cares for and cleans bedroom

__**THEME**__ One theme visited throughout this chapter, and the novel really, is that of nostalgia. Nick is constantly reminiscing about some aspect of Gatsby's, others', or his life. This theme is represented in the chapter by Nick thinking back to Gatsby's wild parties and the events and memories that ensued. Gatsby is also one to be nostalgic; he thinks constantly about his past love affair with Daisy and tries his best to rekindle what they once had.

__**FEMENISM**__ Femistic views are visited in this chapter briefly. The fact the jordan is labeled as an untrustworthy person and one who gossips goes to support the stereotype that all women are like that, though the seem to positively strike a curiousity upon the oppisite sex by being this way. The fact that Daisy is seen as the one thing that stops Gatsby from being truely happy can also be seen as femenistic, as women are most often blamed for men not being able to fully reach their successes or goals. __**COLORS**__ In this chapter, Nick comes to realize that the green light that Gatsby was staring at in the beginning was a light at the end of Daisy's dock. The color green means hope, so the green light can come to symbolize the hope that Gatsby has for Dasiy to come back to him, being that the green light was at the end of her dock.

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