The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald (pg 55-64)

I like how Fitzgerald two mini stories almost about what happened at the party right before Nick left.  The stories about a singer crying and people mixing up their spouses were funny.  I also enjoyed his description of the car wreck out side of Gatsby’s house.  These three stories make the book more enjoyable to read.  They also make it seem all the more like I am listening to a friend telling me about a fun experience they had.  “Reading over what I have written so far I see I have given the impression that the events of three nights several weeks apart were all that absorbed me” (Fitzgerald 60).  This statement makes the book seem like it is supposed to be a bibliography.  It make is sound as if Nick is the Author not Fitzgerald.  It contributes to me feeling like it is one of my friends telling me a story not me reading a book.  At the end of the third chapter Jordan is described by Nick to be incurably dishonest.  It’s interesting that after this he considers himself f to be the most honest person he knows.