Extravagant Parties In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, gives an image of how large and extravagant the parties they endured affected and was a part of the lives of the people in the 1920 's. The way the opulent lifestyle of the 1920 's varies is shown in different sources such as in chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby movie film trailer, as well as in The Garden of Earthly Delights. All of these different forms of art explore the extravagant parties in the book The Great Gatsby. The parties shown in the different sources show excitement, extravagance, a care free attitude, a lack of morals, and an almost forced feeling to be grandiose. While all the sources explore the way the people came in like a swarm, it is better demonstrated in chapter

Nick describes the people arriving at the party in saying, “People were not invited—they went there.” (Fitzgerald 41). This shows that “swirls and eddies” of people were not coming to meet or communicate, they were there to see the fantastic sights and drink the alcohol given out (Fitzgerald 42). Nick shows his the lack of personal connection with these swarms in saying, “...people I didn 't know...” (Fitzgerald 42) This gives an idea of how the people gather from the to see Gatsby 's demonstration of power, money, and style. A party filled with strangers the only thing they have in common is having a good time. One of the guests at Gatsby party gives her real attention in saying, “I don 't care what I do, so I always have a good time.” (Fitzgerald 43). People attended these parties with such a high goal of having the best time they could they gave little to no care about the person throwing the party. This even went to the point

The trailer opens with a party accompanied with high beat music and the narrator describes New York as taken a sharp turn with the “parties bigger.” By calling the parties bigger, the narrator describes how the times have been changed and being large and eccentric were now the normal behavior in how you attend and host a party. The narrator then goes on to show the confusion and excitement of the party in describing it with diction such as hysteria. This shows how the people were in a constant movement in enjoyment with the entertainment which was far over the top. The trailer continues in showing people in bright clothes, entertainers gliding in all ways on the roofs, drinks moving back and forth, and people dancing filling up the room making it seem small whereas it was quite big. This gives an idea of the fast pace congregation of people. This also shows the extent one who is throwing the party would have to go to impress all of his guests. Although The Great Gatsby trailer gave insightful evidence in showing the lack of moral in the great parties, yet The Garden of Delights gives a greater insight on how the lack of morals and the forced feeling to be