Pick one of the four guests at Daisy's dinner party, and write about how s/he is or isn't a good guest.

-- Anonymous, May 07, 2002

Answers

Jordan Baker is a peculiar character who chooses to be less interactive in the discussions yet when she is with one person alone such as when Daisy and Tom leave the room, she becomes more personable, a gossip with Nick.In order to be a good dinner guest one must attribute some form of discussion to a conversation which makes Jordan a bad dinner guest. Her presence is merely intriguing because of her position as a national polo player(assuming it is polo that she plays)SHe is quite fons of herself it seems yet as the story goes on, Jordan becocmes a character that is unexpectably more normal and charismatic than even Daisy.

-- Anonymous, May 09, 2002

Tom Buchanan seemed to be a good strung out guy, from Nicks point of view, to begin with. As the dinner party proceeds Nick finds out, through Baker, that Tom is having an affair on Daisy. This puts Nick in an awkward situation, because not only does he feel bad for Daisy, but know he feels as though he can not contribute to the conversations at the table or even make eye contact with any of the guests. Tom takes his "girlfriends" phonecall during dinner which triggers Daisy emotional side. Tom has put Nick into an uncomfortable situation with everyone of the guests, by his affair that was brought up at the table through a phonecall. I think Tom is a bad dinner guest because he makes Nick uncomfortable, Daisy heart broken and triggers Bakers curiosty.

-- Anonymous, May 12, 2002

As I started to read this book, something that caught my eyes was the vast amount of vocabulary and figurative language used. Almost every sentence was like a puzzle with multiple meanings and importance. Nick seems to be a very nice person that respects everyone and is open to his or her ideas. Nick does not seem to really have a big part in the story, it seems like is just going to talk about other people and not a lot on himself. In Tom’s house, Nick was a very good guest that never took sides with anyone. He always pleased both Tom and Daisy. Even though Nick heard about the rumors on Tom and his New York girl, Nick never gives the hint of disgust. One last thing to mention is that I really like the way Fitzgerald mentions Gatsby’s name every now and then, and leaves the mystery going at the end of the chapter when Gatsby mysteriously vanishes.

-- Anonymous, May 12, 2002

Though it took me a while to understand the situation at the dinner party, one guest who seems to be a bad and rude guest was Jordan Baker. She secretly tells Nick about Tom's cheating on Daisy, which not only shows Jordan a gossip-like person but also results in putting Nick in an uncomfortabe position at the dinner. Feeling sorry for Daisy, Nick can neither enjoy the party nor think of stories that would cheer it up. Thus, I believe that it was Jordan Baker, who makes the party uncomfortable and boring.

-- Anonymous, May 12, 2002

All but one of the guests at Daisy's dinner were either rude or behaved awkwardly. Nick was the only guest that made an attempt to break the sarcastic and cold attitude of those present at the dinner. Tom was rude when reacting to Nick's comment on civilized people, Daisy was emotionally affected and was pretty cynical about everything and Miss Baker was inconvenient and unpolite when first telling Nick about Tom's affair and when ignoring Nick in order to try to listen to Tom and Daisy arguing. Nick tried not to get involved in any of the conflicts brought up but the three of them. He tried to make the situation better by introducing different topics and by asking questions to them. It was a very weird dinner.

-- Anonymous, May 12, 2002

From all the guests at the dinner party, Daisy was the one who stuck out the most to me. It started when Nick was explaining how the city looked after the war, and she replyed by saying "how georgeous". This seemed like she almost didn't care, she was only trying to make conversation. Daisy is very self centered too. In conversations she continually brings it back to how she feels about the problem, or how it will effect her. Also, after Nick got off the phone with his "girl" she made a big scene at dinner and made sure that everyone saw it. It was not a personal thing to her, she wanted Nick and Miss Baker to know that she was hurting, and maybe get some sympathy from them.

-- Anonymous, May 13, 2002

I think Miss Baker is quite rude. She is a guest in someone's house and she is rude to other guests and she eavesdrops on her hosts. She is obviously oblivious to the real world, as if she is better than everyone else. Miss Baker also interrupts and is quite straightforward and demending. Miss Baker is introduced lying on the couch in Daisy's house with Daisy on the couch with her, implying that she has no respect for her hosts of their other guests. She just announces what she is doing, like "I am going to go to bed." "Wake me up at 8." She is just all in all lacking in guest ettiquite.

-- Anonymous, May 13, 2002