Jay Gatsby’s motivation, which is divulged by Jordan Baker, for buying a mansion in West Egg and having big parties is to be close to and attract Daisy Buchanan to him after many years away from her. One night, Nick, the novel’s narrator, sees Gatsby gazing into the lake, which he takes as him looking at the stars. However, through Nick’s conversation with Jordan, he learns that “Gatsby bought that house so Daisy would be just across the bay” (78). Gatsby likely opted for a house directly across the lake so that he would not be intruding on her current marriage, but was close enough to be in potentially direct contact with Daisy. Each week Gatsby throws extravagant parties for the sole purpose of attracting Daisy to his house in the hopes that
