Topic > Extravagant Parties in The Great Gatsby - 1019

The trailer opens with a party accompanied by loud music, and the narrator describes New York as taking a sharp turn with the "bigger parties." By calling parties bigger, the narrator describes how times have changed and how being big and eccentric were now the normal behavior in how one attends and throws a party. The narrator then goes on to show the confusion and excitement of the party by describing it with diction similar to hysteria. This shows that people were constantly on the move and enjoyed over-the-top entertainment. The trailer goes on to show people in bright outfits, entertainers sliding all over the rooftops, drinks moving back and forth, and people dancing filling the room making it seem small when it was quite large. This gives an idea of ​​the frenetic pace of the congregation of people. This also shows how much the party organizer should try to impress all his guests. Although the trailer for The Great Gatsby provided insightful evidence in showing the lack of morals at large parties, The Garden of Earthly Delights offers a deeper insight into how the lack of morals and the forced feeling of being