Nick is actually invited to the party everyone else just shows up. Describe one way in which Nick differs from the other guests at Gatsby's party. The drunken man is too inebriated to even understand what happened with the car. Owl Eyes and another drunken man get into a car wreck, driving their car into a ditch. The party is extremely luxurious once the night approaches the wee hours, all of the men and women begin quarrelling. Describe the events and the atmosphere of this particular party. This tells us that many people attend Gatsby's parties and that many spend the entire weekend at his house.

What arrives at Gatsby's house every Friday and leaves on Monday? What does this tell you about the parties Gatsby's hosts? Five crates of lemons and oranges arrive at Gatsby's every Friday and leave as pulp on Monday morning. He said that he had only been drunk twice in his life and that this particular 'party' with Myrtle, Tom, and the others was the setting of his second drunken episode. Why is the end of Chapter 2 so disjointed? What had Nick been doing all evening that might have caused this strange narrative? Nick had been drinking all night. It's full of drunkenness to an extreme (even with Nick blacking out at the end of the chapter) and violent outbursts. The apartment party is raucous, smoky, and loud. Compare the setting of the party in this chapter with the setting of the dinner party in Chapter One. She reveals frustration over the lack of good service from the lower class which she keeps referring to as 'these people' even though she's really a part of that class. She displays a fake superiority which she has no right to claim. What does Tom buy for Myrtle in New York City? He buys her a puppy Describe Myrtle during the party. He seems hopeful for something that Tom may bring (we're led to believe it has something to do with a car that Tom was going to sell him)hopes Tom will sell him a car. What does George Wilson want from Tom? The interior was unprosperous and bare the only care visible was a dust-covered ford which crouched in a dim corner. Why does Tom want Nick to get off the train with him? He wants to introduce Nick to his mistress, so they stop at her husband's garage to meet her. Desolate full of ashes, strange gardens, and smoke dim and crumbling full of people more like ghosts than men gray, cloudy, obscure, and bleak. Describe the setting of the valley of ashes where George and Myrtle live.

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