Fitzgerald Literary Devices The Great Gatsby deals with a great length of issues with memories and the past. Fitzgerald shows many great examples of Gatsby’s memories and the past by similes, metaphors, and allusions. His use of literary devices gives the reader a more diverse look at the life of Gatsby. Also shows how much Gatsby dwells on his memories and the past. The first literary device is a simile and it paints a picture in the readers head. A complete dead piece of land. “A fantastic farm where the ashes grow like wheat.” (Fitzgerald pg.23) It gives you a look into a memory of a past event Gatsby had been in. Another literary device was a metaphor by which George Wilson believes the eyes of T.J Eckleburg is watching the town. “God knows
Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald in his book, The Great Gatsby, structures the characters Tom and Gatsby to demonstrate the difference between old and new money, and the class conflict within the upper class.His purpose is to emphasize the differences between the old and new money through the characters Tom and Gatsby. He adopts a wary tone when describing Tom and a fanatical tone to describe Gatsby through connotative words, advanced punctuation and sentence structure, and other details.
Though one of the smallest characters in the book, Fitzgerald took the time to craft a character that represents weakness just by being himself, and that person is George Wilson. Wilson is one of the smallest yet most important in all of The Great Gatsby. He is claimed by his wife, Myrtle, to be a “‘dirty little coward”, which is most likely one of the reasons she leaves him in the dust behind her(137). This statement establishes the fact that Wilson has a weakness of living almost in fear. Wilson is living in an emotionally abusive relationship, and like most in this situation, he does not have the courage to stand up for himself and fight back. However, this fear backfires when Wilson finds a beautiful, silver dog collar. After finding it,
Great literary characters are immortalized and perpetually discussed not because they are individually so grand and majestic, but because they exist as more than themselves. A great literary character truly exists in the external and symbolic associations that the author and audience apply. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals social and emotional elements of his character Daisy Buchanan through the symbols of white dresses and a pearl necklaces in order to convey a message concerning detrimental class values, a theme that can be better understood by comparing Daisy to a diamond.
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
The idea of tragedy has been around ever since the Greeks. It has always been a major part of literature, from Shakespeare’s plays to modern works. Thousands of authors have written amazing tragedies including the famous American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby contains many tragic heroes, but the novel is truly the tragedy of George Wilson. The story of George Wilson is truly a tragic because he is a good person, he loses everything and his only part in his downfall is his trust.
1. Passage, page number, paragraph number • “Gatsby, his hands still in his pockets, was reclining against the mantelpiece in a strained counterfeit of perfect ease, even of boredom. His head leaned back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantelpiece clock, and from this position his distraught eyes stared down at Daisy, who was sitting, frightened but graceful, on the edge of a stiff chair” (Fitzgerald 86, Paragraph 4). 2. Passage Explanation: • I chose this passage because I believe that it portrays the dominance that Gatsby clutches over Daisy in this particular moment in the story.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is an absurd story, whether considered as romance, melodrama, or plain record of New York high life. The occasional insights into character stand out as very green oases on an arid desert of waste paper. Throughout the first half of the book the author shadows his leading character in mystery, but when in the latter part he unfolds his life story it is difficult to find the brains, the cleverness, and the glamour that one might expect of a main character.
Gatsby represents the many reasons the Lost Generation gave up on America’s past of hope and dreams and began to find self-fulfillment in the present. Unlike Gatsby, they tried to avoid the consequences of pursing a single dream. They were unable to hope for a better future and realized the actual corruption and isolation when the Great Depression occurred. By not living a life of illusions for some future or past, it diminishes optimism but at the same time, improves the lives of the present-of reality.
There are plenty of heroes in the human society: tragic heroes, anti - heroes, and the old - fashioned courageous heroes. Although all of these heroes are appealing and fascinating, the most interesting hero to read and study is the tragic hero. A tragic hero is a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat. An illustration of this hero can be exemplified In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The tragic hero displayed in the novel is named George Wilson. Mr. Wilson can be seen as an unusual character in the sense that he does very little and has a unique personality, which allowed for a tragic twist nearing the end of the novel. Mr. Wilson is an important player in The Great Gatsby and portrays characteristics of a tragic hero because he is an innocent person with great goals and dreams, however, this leads his thoughts and beliefs in the wrong direction. Because of this, one can elicit pity and fear from Mr. Wilson because he is not able to clearly see what is really happening around him.
To begin, George and Myrtle Wilson have a poor relationship connection because of the traits that make George weak. George Wilson is unable to make acceptable decisions when under pressure. When work piles up in front of him, he resolves his wife being an issue by, “‘I’ve got my wife locked in up there,’ explained Wilson calmly. ‘She’s going to stay there till the day after tomorrow…”’ (Fitzgerald 136). In a marriage, no husband should ever lock their wife in a room at all, let alone two days. George Wilson makes a rash decision to do this, which creates further tension between him and his wife. When issues arise, George cannot peacefully resolve them, making him a poor choice for Myrtle to be with considering that George is willing to make radical decisions at the
"Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water..." (10). The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of what happened between Daisy, Tom, Gatsby and many others in the summer of 1922. Nick Carraway gives the readers an insight view of what is really happening among the characters, and sees what the others can’t see. East Egg and West Egg are separated merely by a small bay, but in reality they are worlds apart.
In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there is a lot of action going on and a lot can happen very quickly. The book moves at a very quick pace, but in no chapter is there as much action as the seventh chapter. It is in this chapter that all comes to light about Jay Gatsby, especially his affair with Daisy. Tensions peak between Tom and Gatsby, and an enormous argument takes place over Daisy. As they drive home to finish the altercation, we see Daisy hit Myrtle Wilson with Gatsby’s car and continue on home without slowing down. However, through all the action of this chapter, nobody suffers as much as George Wilson.
Noel Coward said, “The higher the building, the lower the morals.” In the book The Great Gatsby this is the case. The individuals that are considered “upper class” are more willing to sacrifice their morals then the people that are in the “lower class.” However, the lower class is not perfect either. A theme for The Great Gatsby is people may be willing to sacrifice their morals to achieve what they think they want. Jay Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchannan and Nick Carraway are just four examples of people that are willing to sacrifice their morals to get what they want.
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Fitzgerald once said, “you don 't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say” (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”). His novel, The Great Gatsby, demonstrates just that. Fitzgerald has a unique process about his writing. This allows him to impose the strong impression of the true status of social class in capitalist society that is present in The Great Gatsby. As Kenneth Eble states in his criticism of the work, Fitzgerald’s first edition seldom tied chapters and sections together; the novel was written, but not in a particular order (Eble par. 2). It is clear that Fitzgerald then organized his work and strategically placed events to convey what he had to say. It is glaringly obvious that Fitzgerald had a strong