Parties in Great Gatsby

The three parties that take place in the beginning chapters of The Great Gatsby reflect a variety of tone and atmosphere.
The atmosphere of the party is quickly established by the author when Nick first arrives at the home of Daisy and Tom. The luxurious house suggest to the reader that they are about to enter a place that is both mystical, enchanting, and a picture of wealth and rose-colored beauty. The setting appears almost dreamlike and the reader is enticed by the “deep pungent roses” (12) of the sunken Italian gardens and the halls that lead to a rosy –colored space where the “gleaming white” (12) windows are open and the curtains are “blowing like pale flags” (12). The author uses imagery such as; “frosted wedding cake of the ceiling” (12), “white dresses rippling and fluttering” (12), “making a shadow on it as wind does on the sea” (12), “buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon” (12), and “the two young women ballooned slowly to the f...