Nick recalls a time in which he wrote down the names of all the guests that had attended Gatsby's party that summer. He does this as a way to try to degrade all the people who kindly accepted Gatsby's lavish parties but had no real desire to get to know Gatsby as a person. Gatsby is hiding a deep secret that he fears will ruin his reputation if revealed. Gatsby begins to tell Nick of his upbringing in the Midwest and his studies done in Harvard. Gatsby talks of his time in the war and the awards he received by every country. So as to validate his claim and leave a good impression on Nick, Gatsby pulls out the medal he was awarded from Montenegro and a photograph of him and his Oxford pals. On their way to lunch, a policeman stops Gatsby and Gatsby proceeds to show him a white card. There is no explanation as to what the card said but the officers draws back and completely forgets why he had stopped Gatsby. Gatsby seems to have a certain charisma that forces people to do whatever he so desires.