The Great Gatsby: Chapter 3

In chapter three of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Nick finally meets Gatsby when attending one of his lavish parties.  The party goes on for hours and even includes two dinners.  At these parties everyone drinks immensely, some more than others.  Although Gatsby does not drink at all.  Fitzgerald continues to use similes and metaphors to describe the scenes of his novel.  In particular, here he uses a simile to describe the wealthiness of Gatsby and the grandeur of his parties.

"There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights.  In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars," (Fitzgerald, 39).

 Gatsby's parties remind of the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie.  This Broadway show is placed in the 1920s and is about a young woman's life moving from the country to New York City.  She encounters many racy and scandalous things while in New York and enjoys the excitement of the 20s.  One of Millie's dear friends, Muzzy Van Hossmere, throws very exciting parties similar to those of Gatsby's.