“I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’shouse I was one of the few guests who had actually beeninvited. People were not invited—they went there. Theygot into automobiles which bore them out to Long Islandand somehow they ended up at Gatsby’s door. Once therethey were introduced by somebody who knew Gatsbyand after that they conducted themselves according tothe rules of behavior associated with amusement parks.
Sometimes they came and went without having metGatsby at all， came for the party with a simplicity ofheart that was its own ticket of admission.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald