Parties In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are several parties that take place in the novel that provide the reader with insight on the characters. At each party the reader gains new information about the major characters. At the first festivity, it is in Tom Buchanan's house in East Egg, a large and elaborate house , owned by Tom and Daisy Buchanan. Tom , Nick , Daisy , and Jordan have dinner. It is a private dinner party, and the conversation that takes place during this dinner, includes talking about other people, and Jordan enlightening Nick on Tom’s affair with Myrtle.
The second party, is at Myrtle's house, a get together, in New York. It has a little bit to do with Tom’s gathering in East egg. He is more controlling , but

at Myrtles shows a different side of him. Daisy refers to him as a brute of a man, which Tom clearly does not like. When Tom is with Myrtle he does not like the fact that she is referring to Daisy, he lashes out and hits Myrtle. Violence would not be tolerated in East Egg , but in New York , with Myrtle who comes from the Valley of the Ashes, he is able to lash out physically.

And Nick finds out that he is very violent and sees how completely wrong in doing that , and doing something a gentleman should not do. This bash was used by Myrtle to show off Tom. The third celebration, Nick is invited by Gatsby. “ I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house, I was one of the few guests who actually been invited.”(“Fitzgerald” 41) The others arrive knowing only that there will be a party and they won't be turned away. At the party Nick tries to find Gatsby , but no luck. No one can tell where he is , they said they didn't know who the host even was , people just came uninvited. As Nick roams around the party , he sees Jordan Baker, “And I like parties they're so intimate, at small parties there isn't any privacy.” (“Fitzgerald” 54) , the two of them were being eavesdroppers while hanging around, listening to rumors about Gatsby, Saying that he once killed a man. Later on, Jordan talks with Gatsby privately , then Nick finally meets him. The fourth party,

The Chester Beckers, the Leeches, Doctor Webster Civet, the Hornbeams, the Ismays, The Chrysties, and so on go to the party. Nick finds out a bit more about Gatsby , he finds out he was born into a wealthy Midwest family and educated at Oxford also that After he went to Europe Gatsby served as a major in the military. In this novel , my sign is about parties, that they had , and the purpose of the parties , and why they are so important, is because people are trying to get the American Dream , such as Myrtle showing off Tom, she was trying to achieve the American Dream by doing that . The party scenes in Great Gatsby introduce new characters and information in order to provide additional insight on characters, push the story forward, and foreshadow important events.
The first party , is in Tom Buchanan's house in East Egg, a large elaborate house where the first party is held. We find out, in this party that Tom has been having an affair , with mistress Myrtle Wilson. In this small dinner Nick drives over to dinner with the couple whom he has not seen in years , and their guest Jordan (“Plot Summary”67). We find out that Nick tells Daisy that she is unhappy at where she is as of right now . “ Although she is careless in the way that people like Tom are careless in their wealth and treatment of other people, Daisy is naturally not able to renounce time itself in the way Gatsby does in order to meet him again in the past (“Casie E. Hermanson 78”). At one point , Nicks neighbour “Gatsby” is mentioned and Daisy catches the name in surprise , dinner is tense, Jordan reveals Tom's mistress is telephoning him, and Daisy appears to know (“Plot Summary” 67). At this first party, the reader is given several important pieces of information in regards to characters like the fact that Tom is a cheater and that Myrtle telephones during dinner. Also little hints show that Tom is a violent man. They saw that Daisy has a bruise on her hand.
In this second party , it is at Myrtle Wilson's house ,the party takes place in New York, this party has a little bit to do with Tom's party.

He shows a different side of him , from his party, to Myrtle's party. Daisy refers to him as many things , especially a brute man she calls him. Tom clearly dislikes when she says that about him, and wants her to think more positive about him. When Tom is with Myrtle, during the party, he does not like how she refers to Daisy. He lashes out at Myrtle , and hits her. “ Tom is blind to his hypocrisy; with a “short deft movement” he breaks her nose for daring to mention the name of the wife she is helping him to deceive” (“Charles Thomas Samuels 82”).Violence would not be tolerated in East Egg , but in New York, with Myrtle who comes from the Valley of Ashes , he is able to lash out physically. “ Fitzgerald clearly delinates class difference through his employment of setting” (“Critical Evaluation”). “The valley of ashes is “nowhere,” a place to be driven through on the way to “somewhere” by characters from both East and West Egg”(Critical Evaluation”). “East and West Egg are crushed flat at the contact end”; they represent the collision of dream and dreamer which is dramatized” (“Charles Thomas Samuels 82”). Nick finds out that Tom is not what he used to think of him, he finds out that he is very violent , and sees how completely corrupt he is , and that he does something a gentleman should not be doing. Myrtle has this kind of

party , to show off Tom , and to have the “ American Dream”. Because she represents lower class , but tries to act snobbish , She wants to be with Tom because of his higher class. Nick sees how violent Tom is , and how low class he looked by doing that to a lady. The second party, shows Myrtle wants to be with the wealthy people , she tries to throw a big gathering showing off Tom , and continues her affair with him.
In the third celebration , Nick is invited by Gatsby by a handwritten note to join his bash. He is one of the few to have actually been invited. The others knowing there will be a party and they will never be turned away from it. When Nick arrives , he tries to find Gatsby , but has no luck in the beginning. As Nick roams around , he encounters Jordan , later on at Gatsby's festivity, they both eavesdrop on some interesting things , about Gatsby. The two girls they encountered , that were talking about him leaned together confidentially. said “Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once.” (“Fitzgerald 48”) Lucille , skeptically said different about Jay, “ I don't think it is so much of that ,”. (“Fitzgerald 48”) A lot of people said very different things about him , but did not know who he was or were he is. Still with Jordan walking around , they were sitting at a table , “ Later, an elegant young man invites Nick with a hydroplane excursion next morning , and as Nick confesses he has never met their host, the man reveals himself to be Gatsby.” ( “Plot Summary 67”). He then introduced himself , and it was Gatsby. “ For a moment he looked at me as if he failed to understand. “ Im Gatsby,” he said suddenly. “What!” I exclaimed. (“Fitzgerald 52”). In this festivity , Nick gets invited to Gatsby's party, and meets up with Jordan later on , they find out some rumors about Gatsby true, or not ,but also start getting to meet Gatsby himself and “Finds himself charmed and intrigued” (“The Work”).
The fourth and final party , Nick learns more about Gatsby