Great Gatsby Notes (ch.1,2,& 3)

CH.1

• Nick: narrator that lives in west egg
• Daisy: Nicks second cousin, and  not happy where she is
• Tom: a bully, married to Daisy
• Jordan Baker: friend of Daisy's and Daisy is trying to hook up Jordan and Nick

CH. 2

• Nick meets Toms mistress! "I want you to meet my girl"
• supercilious: arrogant
• Wilson: Tom's mistress husband
• Myrtle: Toms mistress
• Tom and Myrtle have a secret apartment together
• Catherine: Myrtle's sister
• Gatsby is still a mysterious figure

CH. 3

• Why isn't Gatsby at his own party?
• Gatsby wants to talk to Jordan Baker
• Nick says, "She was incurably dishonest "
• Nicks virtue: "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."