Reality In The Great Gatsby Essay

In the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the themes of dreams, illusion versus reality, poverty versus wealth, having your highlight in your youth, waste, east versus west, creating a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream. In this oral presentation the ideas and techniques that show illusion versus reality within the novel will be explored and discussed.

Along with the majority of the characters in the story, Gatsby lived in an illusionary world, although a few can see reality. Jay Gatsby is one of the characters in the story that cannot see reality. Throughout the novel Gatsby tries to relive his past by trying to get Daisy to notice him, as he could not come to terms that he couldn’t have daisy as she

The wealthy families are in the “in crowd” and always attend the parties that Gatsby holds. The story is seen and told through the eyes of Nick Carraway so everyone is seen through his eyes. Weather the way he sees things are correct or not the readers will never know.

In the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald used very descriptive writing when talking about the parties that Gatsby held at his mansion in a bid to gain Daisy’s attention and also to create the illusionary world that they live in. By using descriptive language acute attention to detail, the use of creativity and imagination are used to create characters and settings in the readers mind. Along with the use of descriptive writing the use of atmosphere was used. This was used to create tension and leave the readers wanting to know what happens next in the story, as there was a surprise around the

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