The Great Gatsby

why does Fitzgerald list all of Gatsby's party guests?

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This is so we get a sense of the type of people who come to Gatsby's parties. There is a theme here. They are generally rich and have little interest in Gatsby himself (other than the mystery behind him). Fitzgerald generally describes them as self-absorbed and only interested in the excess of the party, "The people came like moths to the flame."