Chapter Three is when the reader is first introduced to the character of Gatsby, when he hosts another of his lavish parties. The description of these parties, which opens chapter three, reveals the elegant character of Gatsby. Fitzgerald also reveals Gatsby through the rumours which circulate about him and the speculation amongst his guests. Gatsby is also revealed to us through his own dialogue and actions when he is first presented to us at his party. Fitzgerald presents Gatsby as elegant and sophisticated by the descriptions of the lavish parties he hosts at his mansion. Nick describes how ‘once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down’, which emphasises the extravagant nature of Gatsby and his parties. The word "corps" makes you think of a very large group of professional, clean-cut soldiers; people who are serious and well-trained. And those are only the caterers, he also had to pay all of the people who cooked the food. In a sense Nick was trying to use this word to emphasise how many people Gatsby hires all the time and therefore how rich he is. Fitzgerald's use of time as a reoccurring theme is made prominent when describing how often Gatsby's throws his luxurious parties, "at least once a fortnight." Typically, fancy invitations follow elegant parties. Gatsby throws them so often that everyone is aware and there’s no need for invitations, noting Gatsby's fame. This also hints at the idea that Gatsby is good host and that despite not making himself well known he gives the guests what they want and allows himself to be manipulated. Nick goes on to describe the bar and all the liquor; ‘stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials so long forgotten that most of his female guests were too young to know one from another’. This supports the idea that Gatsby is a bootlegger due to the vast amount of alcohol he keeps. Tom continually refers to Gatsby as ‘new money’, however, the extravagant cordials which have been ‘so long forgotten’ could perhaps hint that he is in fact old money due to his aged liquor. Chapter 3 is, in many ways, like Chapter 2, moving from one party to an