Examples Of Profligate Parties In The Great Gatsby

In the novel The Great Gatsby, Nick, the narrator, tries to climb in his economic standings by becoming a bonds man, while Gatsby tries to boost his social position and achieve a certain level of fame through throwing extravagant parties and flaunting his money. Gatsby’s money, however, is obtained through unethical, illegal means of bootlegging grain alcohol in a time when the laws of prohibition were in place. He is driven to the extent of crime because of his obsession with being accepted by Daisy, a member of high-class society. While in the process of trying to impress her, he becomes entangled with attempting to become welcomed by other East Egg aristocrats and transversing into the extremely exclusive social class, an impossible goal. Gatsby has two unattainable wishes, the first being a renewed relationship Daisy, who represents the unreachable American Dream, and the second being a rise in social status. In an effort to achieve his hopeless objectives, Gatsby throws profligate parties that can be summarized by the following quote:

He believes that in order to grow economically, he must first make connections and rise socially by submitting to the will of the upper class. A strong example of why this plan doesn't work is Booker T. Washington’s ideas for success, which is to build wealth before attempting to gain social and political rights. Both Nick and Gatsby represent the corruption ad negative influence the modern values have on people moving from the Midwest who try and fail to adapt to the loud, gaudy ideals of an entitled class of people. The values from each social class are emulated by each characters’ willingness to yield to the commands of East Egg’s aristocrats, seen in chapters two and