Gatsby's Party

Nick is cordially invited to one of Gatsby's infamous parties. Unlike most people that attend Gatsby's parties he was actually invited. A car was sent to his house and he was picked up. Most people just show up to his parties. Nick is surprised that he gets invited so formally. When he gets to the party he immediately wants to find his host and thank him for the invite. I can picture Nick aw struck with what he sees. He has probably never seen such an extravagant party before. What I found interesting was that no one at the party seemed to know anything about Gatsby. They all had different stories to tell about his life and what they think he has done. "Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once," or " I don't think its so much that, it's more that he was a German spy during the war." Almost every person has an opinion on Mr. Gatsby. But no one really knows anything about the man that throws lavish parties. So, it was no surprise that Nick had no idea who he was talking to. It was Mr. Gatsby, believe it or not. Nick was apologetic when he did not realize who he was. This proves that Mr. Gatsby is some what of a loner. People don't know who he is and most of them don't even know what he looks like. So far all we know is that Mr. Gatsby may or may not be a "murderer" and he may or may not have been a "German spy." These are assumptions but all that is apparent about him is that he is a very wealthy man that enjoys throwing extravagant parties for people that apparently no nothing about him.