Jay Gatsby

         As the characters and the story are developing this week in The Great Gatsby, I am learning the main character Jay Gatsby throws very large parties in his mansion. He doesn’t even invite anyone but everyone just knows his routine and shows up. Many people have been going to his parties for years and have never seen Gatsby. But, Nick Caraway, who is Gatsby’s neighbor, got a special invitation just from Gatsby. This is unusual for him because no one ever gets to meet him or gets invited to I wonder what this means. F. Scott Fitzgerald describes it as, “I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited-they went there” (41). If Gatsby doesn’t usually invite people to his party then Nick must be really important to get a personal invite. So far while reader he is looking for Gatsby and no one never sees him but suddenly he comes out of nowhere and talks to Nick. I’m going to keep reading and see why he got a personal invite.