Gatsby throws lavish parties at his mansion every Saturday attracting many guests from East Egg and West Egg. Nick learns more about Gatsby's mysterious past from Gatsby himself, who claims he came from a wealthy family and was educated at Oxford, but is vague about his recent history. Gatsby takes Nick to lunch with gangster Meyer Wolfsheim and asks Nick for a favor - he wants Nick to invite Daisy over without her knowing it is to see Gatsby, as he had loved her years ago before the war. Jordan Baker tells Nick how Gatsby and Daisy met years ago but were separated when her family disapproved, and she later married Tom Buchanan, which began