Great Gatsby: Weddings and Social Occasions

Ruby DeFelice 11/14/12 Pd. 2 Mr Brennan Lavish parties are spacious all throughout the novel The Great Gatsby. Luxurious bashes thrown by Jay Gatsby attract the foul clay of einsteinium and West egg like moths to a lamp. Those in attendance at Gatsbys parties tend to be the elite scum of the earth caring for no one and nothing except their own individualised social reputations. Two occasions are particularly relevant to the development of the novel the consistently place soirees and Gatsbys funeral together illuminate the realities of the attendees values, develop the subscribers empathy towards Gatsby, and help uncover a deeper moral.Hundreds of wealthy fools show up at Gatsbys mansion prepared for a fun filled night of drinking and inebriated antics. Night after night people come to Gatsbys, their generous soldiers, trash his house, drink his alcohol and have a rare old time. One would think Gatsby is a well liked man with many friends and loved ones, at least thats what hi s popular parties allude. Yet no one in attendance seems to know who Gatsby really is at all. Guests in Gatsbys house, not til now knowing who the man is, twitter rumors about him all night neer really knowing the truth, never really caring to know.Gatsbys life is full of people who use him, in other words his life is empty, a fact we dont fully understand the severity of until his funeral. At Gatsbys funeral we date how alone he really was. Of all of the guests floating in and out of Gatsbys parties, taking advantage of his hospitality, just now one cares to show up at his funeral. Even Daisy the woman Gatsby had created his illusionary life for is to self oblivious to make an appearance.The lack of company at Gatsbys funeral infer the carelessness and self absorption of the elite East and West egg citizens. One man even has the audacity to call Nick, our protagonist, a day forrader Gatsbys funeral looking for his tennis shoes Of course he cant make it to the funeral of his o nce generous host because of prior picnic plans The sad truth of Gatsbys lonesomeness and the leeches that took advantage of him finalize their appearance during his funeral and cause the reader to succumb to a strong empathetic attitude toward the late Jay Gatsby.Through Gatsbys parties and his funeral emerges a deeper meaning of human hope. Gatsby believed in the potassium light of the future, the light that although you may never clasp will always be at that place beckoning to you. Gatsby is alone from the start and in the end dies alone, even the one person he cares most about, his green light, doesnt seem to care enough to show at his funeral. Gatsbys dream fails, but even the terribly sad and lonely life he led couldnt stop him from trying to reach his dream until the bitter end.