TGG Chapter Three

In Chapter Three, Nick describes one of Gatsby's parties from afar, and then from the position of a guest.
To begin with, he describes the scene from the porch of his house in an "other-worldly" kind of sense.  He uses the phrases "yellow cocktail music" which could imply, with the use of synthesisia, that it is a happy, golden place, as the colour yellow has connotations of joy.

The man met in the library of Gatsby's house originally appears to have as little real significance as the eyes of the oculist peering over the valley, but ole Owl Eyes could be compared to this sign, as he seems only ever present when immoral things are happening, such as the party, in which many of the people there are intoxicated beyond wildest dreams. This novel was written when prohibition was still going, in 1922, meaning that all the alcohol at the party was illegal. Owl eyes also appears when Gatsby and Daisy are rekindling their adulterous romance, which is not only against good morals but marital vows as well.