Jay Gatsby throws the most extravagant parties all of West Egg has ever seen confirmed by the mass amounts of people, the entertainment, the food, and the drinks. Gatsby throws these parties in attempt to impress his former lover Daisy Buchanan, whether one day she’ll set foot into one of the infamous parties, see the bright lights from across the bay, or hear about the massive parties thrown by a mystery man named Gatsby. Even though his parties were tremendous many in attendance weren’t even sure who Gatsby truly was, there were rumors spread like the game of telephone “Somebody told me, they thought he killed a man once.” “I don’t think it’s so much that , it’s more that he was a German Spy during the war.” (48) Most guests drop in to …show more content…
Gatsby’s idea of the American Dream is that money and solely money will bring happiness, oppose to the original idea of finding your own happiness. When given a closer look inside the parties by the narrator, Nick Carraway, it’s evident that although it looks pretty on the outside, it’s truthfully a mess on the inside. “I looked around. Most of the remaining women were now having fights with men said to be their husbands. One of the men was talking with curious intensity to a young actress, and his wife, after attempting to laugh at the situation in a dignified and indifferent way, broke down entirely and resorted to flank attacks- at intervals she appeared suddenly at his side like an angry diamond and hissed ‘You promised me!’ into his ear.” (56) Most of the guests only make an appearance as a representation of their social status-- that they’re so cool they get invited to The Great Gatsby’s parties. They only show a one-dimensional interest in whose parties they’re actually attending which is later shown when there’s only a handful of people whom attend Gatsby’s funeral when there wasn’t a night that hundreds of people didn’t pour in and out of his humongous