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Lack Of Secrecy In The Great Gatsby

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“I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.” (Chapter 3, p 41) I chose this quote for the truth behind it. I have noticed the same thing as Jordan depicts, the lack of caring about secrecy in big parties and the lengths one will go to avoid a scene at a small party. Big parties allow people to unbind themselves from the shackles of society, while small parties enhance the feeling of choking on air. I enjoy that prior to this, Jordan and Nick had a small slice of intimacy that the big partie holds. It adds a sense of clandestine intensity within the walls of a big party. Jordan and Nick are talking with a man who is later revealed to be Gatsby during his party. The three discuss the difference between

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