Question

How does the mood of the party change as the progresses in The Great Gatsby?​

Answer 1

The mood of people begins to shift from lavish to drunken recklessness.

Explanation:

The party thrown by Gatsby is said to introduce the Jazz Age with a huge bang. People from all walks of life and classes are invited to attend the party. The party is extremely lavish as the previous ones organized by him. Making it stand out, Gatsby has a bar with free alcohol for his guests, opposing the prohibition on alcohol consumption in that era. Due to their drunkenness, people are becoming more and more wild and reckless in their activities.

This turns a lavish party into a scene of a carnival.Nick observes that the guests have a lot to say about their host but most of the talk is rumors. None of the guests knows Gatsby and hence the rumors are all types of fuzzy. One such rumor being that Gatsby murdered someone in cold blood.The two groups as described by Nick, the East Eggs and the West Eggs have come together under the same roof despite several differences.

The Englishmen attending the party seem aggressively determined towards what they want and the Americans are depicted as desperate, trying to make contacts in hopes of getting quick money.The drunken state of one guest also leads to an auto accident.