Gatsby- Gatsby's Parties

"But I can still read the gray names, and they will give you a better impression than my generalities of those who accepted Gatsby's hospitality and paid him the subtle tribute of knowing nothing whatever about him" (pg 61). I thought this was very strange. Typically people have parties and invite people they know very well and like. Gatsby barely knew any of the people at his parties and the guests did not know him either. The guests talked about him and told rumors about him in attempt to decipher is mysterious character. Nick even talks to Gatsby and did not realize that is was Gatsby. Gatsby seems detached from the other characters. He can be cold and impersonal at times. He loves Daisy and is humanized through is nervous actions when he waits for her to come to tea. I think he becomes cold when he is showing his house to Daisy and he 'commands' Klipspringer to play the piano. He does not ask, he demands. He wants things done the way he wants it, when he wants it.