Use Of Figurative Language In The Great Gatsby

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Considering that many authors use figurative language techniques in their writing to help convey a specific message; there is no wonder why Fitzgerald and Twain both use the tools for the purpose of criticising people in more of a low key fashion. Fitzgerald uses many different figurative language devices in The Great Gatsby, like similes. Because it is set in the roaring 20s, partying is a big element to the storyline. When Gatsby throws extravagant parties, Nick thinks to himself “...men and women came and went like moths among the whispering and the champagne and the stars.” (Fitzgerald 44). Nick refers to the social statuses of the young people in the 1920s. It proves that they really just want to party, get wasted, and that they absolutely …show more content…

Both authors use this tool depending on how a character presents himself to the table. Diction is also a very good way of determining a character’s social class; A better diction usually means a better education. Jim rarely speaks in Huck Finn, but when he does his diction is horrid. In the 1800s to even today’s society, it is clear that many white people see a black persons diction grammatically wrong and also with divers mispronunciations. "Well, den, dis is de way it look to me, Huck. Ef it wuz HIM dat 'uz bein ' sot free, en one er de boys wuz to git shot, would he say, 'Go on en save me, nemmine 'bout a doctor f 'r to save dis one? ' Is dat like Mars Tom Sawyer? Would he say dat? You BET he wouldn 't! WELL, den, is JIM gywne to say it? No, sah—I doan ' budge a step out 'n dis place 'dout a DOCTOR, not if it 's forty year!" (Twain …show more content…

Daisy in The Great Gatsby is the perfect representation of a woman in the 1920s. Throughout the novel Daisy is suppressed by her male counterparts (Tom and Gatsby), so much that she involuntarily descends into a passive role. In the first chapter, Daisy states: “I hope she’ll be a fool. That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” (Fitzgerald 21). Here Daisy is talking about her daughter. The 20s were all about revolution and happy times, girls could wear dresses that showed their shoulders and knees, and also they could cut their hair; it was a new kind of freedom for the female sex. Although this is what seems to be a favourable situation for a girl to be in, the 20s were still heavily dominated by male superiority. Daisy wants what is best for her daughter; if being pretty and being loyal is what keeps a roof over her head, Daisy would choose the security for her daughter rather than her daughter’s happiness with whoever she decides to marry. Just like Daisy’s situation, she truly loves Gatsby but decides to stay with Tom in the end for the financial and social security. Fitzgerald comments on this characterization minimally, but it is recurring in the rest of the novel. However, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain illustrates Tom Sawyer’s character as a little more adventurous than Huck’s

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