Blog #21: Gatsby! Ch 1-4

In the beginning chapters of "The Great Gatsby" we meet our narrator Nick Carraway and he tells the reader that he is a man who doesn't judge others . As we seem him he seems like a good guy because he doesn't drink, do or like anything bad. While with Tom & Myrtle at their party and at Gatsby's party is where he seems like he is detached from his surrounding. The reason why I said Tom & Myrtle's party was because they excessively drank and smoked, Nick even stated that he wanted to leave many times but was always somehow brought back in and never left. When he was at Gatsby's place they way he told the reader felt like he was a loner or felt out-of place because he didn't really fit in or talk to anyone until he found Jordan Baker.

But Gatsby seems to be having the same problem but in a different way. Instead of being one of the people attending a party they weren't invited to, he is the one that is throwing them. But, Gatsby never participates in anything at his parties, instead he watches everyone else enjoy themselves. Most of his guests don't even know him or know where he is during his party, most of them don't even care. Gatsby shares his past on the way to the lunch in with Nick, he describes a past that doesn't connect with what is going on in his life now. He doesn't seem like the person who would throw the ridiculous parties for no reason.