Nick's characterizations of people at the party demonstrate his
judgments. First, Nick notices that people hadn't really been invited, they just knew to go
there. He points out that he himself had been invited putting division between himself and the
others there.
He describes people to the audience by their actions
or appearances. He noted the Englishmen in their fine suits dotted about the area, he called
another man Mr. Mumble because he could barely distinguish the name a person introduced to him
was called. He described a drunk man he met with deep eyes as Owl
Eyes.
As the party continued he gave the group characterized
descriptions by their behaviors. He noticed the ocean of people as they moved about in waves. He
also noticed that the appearance of the people was a distinguished group like that of an East Egg
crowd. People whispered or shrank away from mentions of Gatsby and Nick could read the apparent
mystery about the man.
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