In this portion of the novel, Nick is obviously beginning to get comfortable with his life. We see him going out to more and more parties and getting social attention from some people. He also goes to Gatsby's party where he meets up with Jordan Baker. Jordan eventually is taken away and brought to Gatsby where unique and extravagant things are told to her. Another sign that Nick is settling in is that Nick starts noticing and chasing after some women. He specifically goes after Baker as we see when they begin to go to more and more parties. However, there are two things that are rather interesting at this point in the novel. The first is that we see that Jordan is a liar who we don't know if we can trust. We also see, due to the letters being written, that Nick has a girl that he has evidently left behind.
We also see a new literary technique brought into the novel. After the part at Gatsby's mansion, we see Nick go into a first person/narrator style where he insists that what HE has been writing about isn't what he does the majority of the time. This is a unique style showing the the actual writer of The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald, wants the reader to believe that Nick, the main character, is actually the one writing what the audience sees. "Reading over what I have written over so far,...(Fitzgerald, 55)"
We also see a new literary technique brought into the novel. After the part at Gatsby's mansion, we see Nick go into a first person/narrator style where he insists that what HE has been writing about isn't what he does the majority of the time. This is a unique style showing the the actual writer of The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald, wants the reader to believe that Nick, the main character, is actually the one writing what the audience sees. "Reading over what I have written over so far,...(Fitzgerald, 55)"
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