Examples Of Diction In The Great Gatsby

Many of the people in the world regard The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, one of the greatest literary classics of all time. However there is always at least one, most the time few and far between, that disagrees with this statement. H. L. Mencken is one of these persons. After reading the novel Mencken writes an excerpt to be published in the magazine Evening Sun, after all he is one of the leading literary critics of his time. In this essay we will discover how Mencken uses rhetorical devices to portray his thoughts of the novel, The Great Gatsby.

Fitzgerald used foreshadowing to anticipate death in the novel. One of the ways in which this is done is using the conversation of Jordan’s reckless driving to foreshadow Myrtles death in the car accident “‘You’re a rotten driver’, I protested, ‘either you ought to be more careful, or you oughtn’t to drive at all” and “it takes two to make an accident”. The quotes were both mentioned during a conversation between Nick and Jordan, this hints to the audience that a larger and more serious accident will occur

Through the use of powerful diction and irregular syntax, Fitzgerald creates feeling of unfulfilled potential. Fitzgerald uses clear, piercing phrases such as “Daisy tumbled short” and “colossal vitality of his illusion” to show how unreachable Gatsby’s dream had become for both parties involved. Fitzgerald’s strong word choice illustrates the magnitude of the change happening in Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship, and how Gatsby and Nick are both feeling anticlimactic with the aforementioned change. Gatsby has been hoping and dreaming of having Daisy’s love again for nearly five years, and Nick has planned this meeting for the two to act as a catalyst for the rekindling of a flame Gatsby and Daisy once had. In other words, Gatsby and Nick both have their hopes up and some investment in the reunion. Daisy on the other hand “tumble[s]” in and is excited and joyous. She had not dreamed of this, planned on this, or hoped for this like the

Juxtaposition is shown in The Great Gatsby through Tom Buchanan and his choice of women. His wife, Daisy Buchanan is described as a perfect girl. Daisy is thin, happy and eager. In contrast his mistress, Myrtle Wilson is described as a "thickish figure of a woman...Her face contained no facet or gleam of beauty"(25). Daisy lives in a beautiful mansion in a lavish town, while Myrtle lives above a gas station in the Valley of Ashes, the barren wasteland of industrial plants told to be gray from end to end.

While the words authors use play an important role in ensuring the reader’s comprehension of a novel, the ordering of these words also contribute to this understanding. The ordering of these words is considered “syntax”. Fitzgerald utilizes syntax to direct the reader’s focus towards pressing matters within his novel, The Great Gatsby. Repetition is a psychologically supported method of gathering the reader's attention. Gatsby repeats the word “understand” twice (1-2). This repetition is intended to force the reader so contemplate what Daisy used to understand, and when she understood it. “Understand” also

The idea of the American dream is the idea that anyone that comes to America can succeed, can live a happy life, and can accomplish their dreams. Fitzgerald in his novel the Great Gatsby argues in the fifth chapter of the book that everyone has the potential to fulfill their dreams. The author uses imagery, the use of similes, and antithesis to help develop his argument during this chapter.

F Scott Fitzgerald used a powerful choice of words for his book "The Great Gatsby."

thesis: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “The Fist Fig” uses imagery and diction to show the idea of having different perspectives on people shows assumptions about one another livings which also limits their livings. Chunk: In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel and Edna St. Vincent MIllay’s poem both uses imagery to convey the idea that people have limitation to their livings because people can have short time of having fun. Edna st. Vincent Millay uses imagery to show an expressing her feelings in many ways.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, portrays the life of a man who is truly focused on one dream: to reclaim the love of his life. Fitzgerald illustrates the problem of being so single-minded through Gatsby’s ultimate demise. His slow evolution and reveal of the character of Gatsby leads to a devastating climax once his dream fails. Fitzgerald uses extended metaphor and sharp diction to depict Gatsby’s crumbling life in his last moments.

Oftentimes society gets so caught up in achieving greatness that it is blinded to the obstacles of reality. The American Dream can sometimes be so unachievable yet so alluring that people cannot help but strive after it as if it were their destiny. Fitzgerald highlights this phenomenon in his novel The Great Gatsby through many characters and their pursuit of their own American Dreams. Fitzgerald uses figurative language and contrasting diction to show his cynical attitude about the pursuit of the American Dream and the blindness of those who believe in it.

In the book “The Great Gatsby” The Author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many different types of figurative language techniques to make the world of which he wrote feel more real to the reading audience. In chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes Alliteration and Imagery to illustrate how the world he created looks and feels. One of the first types of figurative language that was used in the book was alliteration. Fitzgerald used alliteration to make words and sentences more powerful to the reader. One of these examples of alliteration the author uses is ''the ghastly gray cars driving down the road”.

The authors of The Great Gatsby, The Awakening, and Twelfth Night portray their respective novels as more realistic. But on The Great Gatsby and The Awakening, those two novels were written with explicit communication rules, which make it easier to understand and interpret the intended meaning they convey while the use of figurative language was predominate in Twelfth Night. In portraying the characters, F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts how Gatsby rose from a poor background to achieve extraordinary success and lived a life that resulted in his premature death. Similarly, Kate Chopin depicts Edna Pontellier as a woman who is unaware of herself, feelings, and ambitions and, therefore, begins a journey of self-discovery, which subsequently caused

The F. Scott Fitzgerland who's an author of the Great Gatsby passage usage of diction, image, details, figurative language and different type of structures of the sentence creates the passage more visible and understandable.For example, the author uses a word" the valley of ashes" to describe the valley. Furthermore, he creates an image in the reader's mind with descriptive and concise words for the valley in the better structure of the sentence. Besides, he also uses the figurative language to create a better image that helps the reader to comprehend. Moreover, he uses detail such as the eye of doctor T.j. are blue and gigantic, to convince the reader to ponder about how it's important to the story. Overall, the author would have a

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It is often said that certain literary works and characters within such works represent real-world issues. In the work The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the character of Gatsby is shrouded in ambiguity to the reader, providing them with a possibility for personal interpretation. In the work, Gatsby’s character develops from a character representing materialism and a fixation on status to one filled with humility and selflessness for his romantic devotion towards the character of Daisy. Through this shift, the reader is provided with insight in order to draw parallels between Gatsby and two distinct periods in American history. The materialistic side of Gatsby, driven by wealth and his status in Long Island, represents the moral corruption and materialistic desires of America in the 1920s, whereas the romantically devoted Gatsby represents wartime America, devoted to sacrifice and nobility. The contrast within the life of Gatsby allows for a profound insight into the significance of the work as a representation of changing American values.