Great Gatsby: Weddings and Social Occasions

Ruby DeFelice 11/14/12 Pd. 2 Mr Brennan Lavish parties are abundant all throughout the novel The vast Gatsby. Luxurious bashes thrown by Jay Gatsby attract the foul dust of einsteinium and western hemisphere 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 mortalal social reputations. devil occasions are particularly relevant to the development of the novel the systematically present soirees and Gatsbys funeral together illuminate the realities of the attendees values, develop the readers empathy towards Gatsby, and help uncover a deeper moral.Hundreds of wealthy fools show up at Gatsbys mankindsion prepared for a fun filled night of drinking and inebriated antics. Night after(prenominal) night people come to Gatsbys, their generous host, trash his ho enjoyment, drink his alcoholic drink and have a grand old time. One would think Gatsby is a well liked man with many friends a nd loved ones, at least thats what his popular parties allude. Yet no one in attendance seems to complete who Gatsby genuinely is at all. Guests in Gatsbys house, not even penetrating who the man is, twitter rumors about him all night never 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 discover how alone he really was. Of all of the guests floating in and out of Gatsbys parties, taking advantage of his hospitality, nevertheless one carry offs to show up at his funeral. Even Daisy the woman Gatsby had created his illusional life for is to self absorbed 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 before Gatsbys funeral looking for his tennis shoes Of course he cant make it to the funeral of his once generous host be clear of prior zephyr 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 belated Jay Gatsby.Through Gatsbys parties and his funeral emerges a deeper meaning of human hope. Gatsby believed in the green well-off of the future, the light that although you may never reach will always be on that point 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 atrociously sad and lonely life he led couldnt tally him from trying to reach his dream until the bitter end.