The Great Gatsby - Chapter 2 & 3

Chapters two and three, have both the common cultural setting of being at parties, and place of being near New York. The characters are both Simple and complex-realistic, Nick, the narrator making up for most of the complexity, and perhaps Jordan also. The other characters, I think, make up simple characters. I haven’t yet decided what Jay Gatsby is, not much as been said of him really. There is a lot of disillusionment within the story so far, whether it being personal, or non personal. All the drinking, cheating, and lying bring the disillusions to life.

The text to world connection I see most clearly is definitely the disillusionment between reality and what people want. Constant through these two chapters, is lying, and cheating. Granted those things are definitely part of reality, everyone does it in someway or another, not necessarily being in a relationship. The other thing is the drinking. People seem to love consuming alcohol in this time period, especially at gatherings. Today, people do the same thing. I must admit though, I hope I never find an extremely intoxicated man in a library because he thinks it might help him sober up.