Examples Of Imagery In The Great Gatsby

20. In this passage Fitzgerald crafts an atmosphere of amazement through Daisy and juxtaposes it with a feeling of uneasiness through Nick in order to display the awe felt by Daisy as she toured Gatsby’s magnificent mansion and the ominous feeling of the empty mansion. The incorporation of imagery build the wonderment of Daisy who admires the “frothy odor of hawthorn and plum blossom” (90 Fitzgerald) emphasizing the tantalizing effect that the mansion was having upon Daisy. Moreover, the description of Gatsby’s rooms as “Restoration salons” (91 Fitzgerald) allude to the extravagant wealth of France, connecting it with Gatsby’s mansion and the awe felt by Daisy. On the other hand, Nick held a certain degree of uneasiness in the mansion as he

The shirt scene was a rather interesting scene in my opinion as it showed the reader major characteristics of both Gatsby and Daisy. Continually through the chapter, especially in the shirt scene, Gatsby has displayed his vast wealth to Daisy but has not displayed any emotions toward her. Through this Gatsby is displaying in my eyes how he has become so absorbed in his wealth that he has ignored his emotions. He did acquire all his materialistic value in order to win over Daisy, but does not create an emotional connection with her. Similarly, Daisy breaks down in tears when she sees the shirts which leaves the reader to question why she has done so. Fitzgerald is portraying how Daisy has lost the old Gatsby who she originally fell in love with and that the new materialistic one is nothing like the man she remembers. That the one thing Gatsby did to attract actually lessen the love she felt for him and that she feels let

Within the novel the green light which Gatsby has been displayed on multiple occasions looking out to from his house which he had built in order for him to be directly across the bay from the light. The light had signified to him the love he sought from Daisy and how the wealth he had built himself was for him to attain his desire. However, now that Daisy has arrived, the light’s “colossal significance” (93 Fitzgerald) has disappeared as he no longer has to strives for it. Moreover, the reality that is setting upon him that Daisy and he are disconnected has diminished his dreams greatly. That he had built a magnificent dream of what his relationship with Daisy would be like, but now that he is with her, the truth has let him down. Furthermore, Gatsby’s “count of objects” (93 Fitzgerald) is one less after Daisy enters his life which removes one of the central symbols of his life. Thus, his aspirations had created a dream, which reality could not