Partially Gatsby

Finally there is some more ellaboration on Gatsby! Up until this point in The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald was doing a mighty fine job of keeping Gatsby as vague as possible. However, I was getting a little bit frustrated because all of the comments made about Gatsby were brief and not entirely specific. I really was picturing Gatsby as a somber character for some reason, but I'm not sure if I believe that anymore. The one thing that I found Gatsby to be quite famous for were his parties. "At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden" (Fitzgerald, 40). These details indicate that Gatsby's parties are nothing short of extravangant. However, many of the people attending the parties do not even know Gatsby. I think that maybe the only way Gatsby can recognized by others is through his parties. I also think that Gatsby might be throwing these parties as means to create friends, but these people only come to the parties to experience the extravagance and not to see Gastby. I am also a little confused at the drunk man's significance in the book. Though I do not know his significance now, I think he may come back into play later in the novel.