Disturbing Things in The Great Gatsby
             Throughout The Great Gatsby there are many disturbing instances, events, and people. These disturbing things put a lot into perspective such as an individual person's character and the character of society at the time. The society of the 1920's as described in the novel was a time of big spending and materialism. The characters in the novel all seemed to have dominantly bad traits except for Nick. F. Scott Fitzgerald had a reason for putting these things into the novel. The purpose of the disturbing instances in the Great Gatsby is to give the reader a realistic view of the culture of the 1920's , and to allow the reader to decide how they feel about characters that seem to have no positive traits.
             There were many instances in The Great Gatsby that helped defined the attitude and character of the 1920's, a time of excess and desire for extravagance. A very good representation of this are the parties that Gatsby held. They were very lavish parties that attracted many people, some who didn't know Gatsby and some Gatsby didn't even know. The people there were the ones who were materialistic, into big spending, excess, and extravagance. This was very disturbing because people used these parties to boost their social standing and acceptance. As Nick said, "Sometimes they came and went without ever having met Gatsby at all, they came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission" (45)
             Complete strangers would just show up uninvited to his parties, something that would most likely not happen in this day and age, but that was the attitude during the 1920's. Another disturbing instance was Gatsby's funeral. Out of all the people that showed up at his party and claimed they knew him only a small group of people showed up, Gatsby's servants, his father, and Nick. This instance showed ...