Blog Entry #3

Pgs. 37-71
Mr. Diver seems to like Rosemary. They get along well. Rosemary and her mother Mrs. Speers are about to leave France to go back to Hollywood but Mr. Diver wants them to stay. He hosts a dinner party with some of the other beach-goers and Mrs. McKisco sees something in the upstairs bathroom but Tommy won't let her say what it is, he defends the Divers. On the way home from the party Mr. McKisco and Tommy get into an argument and end up dueling on a golf course. Both of them survive however because their seconds agreed to make the paces 40, so they both missed. But the Divers weren't to know about the duel. Mr. Diver wants to take Rosemary to another part of France with Nicole (Mrs. Diver). She's not sure if she wants to go or not. But she ends up being convinced by her mother to go. One night there she kisses Mr. Diver and invites him to her room but he refuses to have sex with her because she is too young (and probably because his wife is in the hotel room across the hall). She cries but he consoles her and the next day everything is alright. Rosemary notices that he is giving her more attention; he's falling in love with her. But she doesn't pay him as much attention as she did before.

Fitzgerald tells the story through different perspectives, not just one. He really, truly narrates. Which helps the reader get the whole picture but at the same time makes it hard to root for just one character.