In the novel The Great Gatsby there are three affairs and are all have a similar aspect. The first affair was at gatsbys party and it ended up with an uncomfortable dinner. The Second instance is the dinner between Tom and Myrtle in his apartmnet in NYC it ends with Myrtle Breaking her nose. the third one is another party and ends with a car crash. All of these involved alchohol and a disaster in the end and that was the similarity in all these cases.