The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“There
was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights.” The setting at
Gatsby’s parties sets him up to blend in perfectly in the crowd. His house is
very large with a beautiful garden in the back and the ocean even farther
behind the house. He has a large jazz group playing and large amounts of food.
Several groups of people attend, most of which are people who are attending
uninvited. Several people are drunk. It is close to midnight and people have
already gotten into their social groups. Since many people do not know what
Gatsby looks like, he is able to blend in with the crowd. This allows him to
approach Nick Carraway unnoticed and inconspicuous. He knows that Nick’s second
cousin is Daisy and wants Nick to help him get Daisy back in his life. First,
though, he introduces himself and makes sure they are at least acquaintances by
the time the party is done. This setting allows Gatsby to hope that he will be
with Daisy again.
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