Great Gatsby Entry #4

Blog Entry #4 (pgs. 39-49)

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Setting Analysis

     Nick finally meets Gatsby, and it was in a very chaotic setting. Gatsby hosts parties every Saturday in his house and people just show up without an invitation. While at the party, Nick spends time with Jordan Baker and she made a clever remark about the party, “ ‘And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy,’ “ (Fitzgerald, 49). It’s somewhat ironic how huge parties have privacy and small parties do not. Where Jordan Baker is coming from is that there are a lot less people one knows at large parties. At small parties, everyone knows each other, and it is much easier to spot how people interact with each other. At Gatsby’s huge and chaotic party, Nick could not find anyone he know at first. The clusters of people made it more difficult for him to find an acquaintance. Once he found Jordan Baker, Nick stayed with her the whole night. The chaotic and clustered setting helped glue Jordan and Nick together because it made them feel lonely and uncertain to wander alone through the house without each other. Large parties cause people to stay close with their acquaintances so they do not get lost in the chaos. The setting helps develop Nick’s relationship with Jordan Baker. They both begin to develop feelings for each other.