Party guests, who initially appear beautiful and alluring much like the scene, are truly insincere, careless, selfish, and immoral. The symbols of the food served at Gatsby's party represent and personify the people of the Jazz Age. Gatsby's house frequently receives crates of oranges which demonstrates the wasteful nature of people in the 1920's. Every Friday, five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York - every Monday these same oranges and lemons “left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.” This incredible wastefulness is representative of the aristocrats in 1920’s New York; they were wasteful to the extreme because they assumed that they deserve

Gatsby’s party is very similar to the American dream; they both have extravagant, wonderful exteriors, however their reality is quite harsh and bitter. The entire party scene is an elaborate façade which deteriorates as the night fades away. The party is destructive and immoral, as evidenced by the wild behavior of the guests and the prodigality of the party scene.

d to be wasteful and carefree after so many years of being unhappy (from World War I, among other things). During the war, they were probably forced to ration everything, so the twenties was the time to gain back their selfishness. The party guests’ personalities are also symbolized by the colossal food buffet served at the party. The buffet tables were garnished with “glistening hors d'oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.” These symbols all personify the destructive, selfish nature of Gatsby’s guests. The people garnished

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