Parties In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

In The Great Gatsby, an integral scene to the novel’s development occurs when Nick attends one of Gatsby’s spectacular parties. This scene is Nick’s first sighting of the Long Island party scene on a large scale. Nick is so enchanted by the atmosphere and the people in it, that he takes the time to describe each of the people that attended the party that night. In addition to showing Nick the party scene, Gatsby’s parties have a more significant effect on the work as a whole. Gatsby throws his ostentatious parties hoping that Daisy would stumble in one night and find him. In the process of finding Gatsby, Daisy would be mesmerized by his gaudy lifestyle and leave Tom for good. In addition to Gatsby’s dream, his parties capture the society of