Blog Post 12

Gatsby chapter 3 read along Gatsby and his fabulous parties are the talk of the town. Nick is invited to Gatsby's most recent extravagant event. The party is a circus of drinking and entertainment, elaborate masks tailor the faces of uninterested guests. The party appears to just be a event for escape with the heavy references to drinking and escape Fitzgerald weaves into the event. Nick then meets Gatsby the man of mystery, the party guests have been referencing him all night as to build up the anticipation of his arrival to the reader. As well as the earlier party for Tom juxtaposed to the completely different party of Gatsby in order to even further emphasize its extravagance. As the party dies down people begin to leave with a single drunk gentlemen driving his automobile into a ditch, this uncomfortable situation sheds more light onto the idea that these people are still not happy and still go through everyday struggles being rich and famous. This idea that the American Dream is not bought is very prevalent in this chapter.