Examples Of Syntax In The Great Gatsby

Because Gatsby is standing alone, searching for the elusive Daisy, he is shown to not be content. He finds no joy in having all these people here if he cannot find his Daisy. He views Daisy as the person that will bring him to an even higher social class, because even though he is rich, he still remembers the social value Daisy encompasses because of her abundance of lovers. Ultimately he wants to swell his ego, to tame the wild beast, because Daisy wasn’t settled down before with any one man. Even though she is now married, he still views her with the same awe of when he first laid eyes on her at camp, even remarking that “‘Her voice is full of money’”(127) in reference to his percieved value of her when they first met. Quintessentially, Gatsby has narcissism flowing through his veins because he is attempting to recreate a past to soothe his remorse from when he initially left Daisy to fight in the war.

The Great Gatsby's first three chapters have had a lot of Juxtaposition or contrasting ideas. My first example of juxtaposition in the story is the contrasting personalities of Daisy Carraway and Myrtle Wilson. Daisy is the loving wife to Tom she does what he asks even when she knows he's cheating on her with Myrtle. An example of this is when Nick is at Daisy's house with Tom and Jordan and the telephone rings a second time " The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom the subject of the stables, in fast all subjects, vanished into air."(Fitzgerald 15). Daisy stays with Tom because she wants his money she's not in love with him but she doesn't work so if she says anything about Myrtle

We first begin the novel with reading about a green light that was on the other side of the bay. Nick had described a time where he had seen a mysterious figure reaching out toward the light, this drastically sets the tone of the novel, because it describes how one will reach out for something, but it will be out of reach for that person. Gatsby had actually lived the life of a poor man, but had loved Daisy. James Gatz had left for the war, and had the hopes of coming back to Daisy and marrying her, however his plans took a turn.

Gatsby’s experience with Daisy initiates him into the world of the remarkable, and he can never again be satisfied with less than this. In other words, he is filled with curiosity, with “a desire and a passion: a desire to see, learn or possess rare, new secret or remarkable things, in other words

Symbolism is used in the quotation which are the green light and mist. The green light signifies the ultimate dream of Gatsby which is Daisy’s love. But after getting it, a mist hides the green light perceptibly affecting Gatsby. The green light also represents new life with Daisy but later realizes that it is not what he really wants.

After five years of planning, Gatsby believed a reunion with Daisy would be best in order to rekindle their lost relationship. As Nick, Gatsby’s neighbor, was about to leave his home, he noticed the “expression of bewilderment,” (95) which had come back into Gatsby’s face after being reunited with Daisy. By using “bewilderment” in the sentence, Fitzgerald is able to convey the idea that Gatsby is confused as to where he and Daisy stand through his diction. This helps the reader understand that Gatsby himself is lost in his own fantasy. Due to his bewilderment, he seemed almost unenthused by her. Daisy did not live up to the “colossal vitality” (95) of Gatsby’s illusion of the past five years. Diction is shown here and helps the reader identify that nothing can ever be good enough for Gatsby through his own confusion, creating uncertainty with the reader. As Gatsby was mentally consumed by the thought of Daisy for a majority of his day, he hoped that the day they reunite would be picture perfect; the way he had always planned it to be. This helps the reader understand that Daisy couldn’t live up to the same expectations Gatsby has in his fantasy. Unfortunately, it was apparent that “no amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart” (96). By using “fire” and “freshness”, the contradicting words imply that whether negativity such as Daisy’s husband, Tom, or positivity such as Nick’s willingness to have Daisy over

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

Firstly, the “day agreed upon was pouring rain (pg. 88)”, which immediately shows that, before the two meet, the world is dark, stormy, and depressing, a fact which is reflected in the weather and in the emptiness and quality of Gatsby and Daisy’s lives. But, by the end of the scene Gatsby and Daisy are reaquanted and “the sun shone again (pg. 93),” showing that now they are together the world and their lives will be illuminated and bright. Finally, when Gatsby brings the fact of the change in weather up to Daisy, she is very glad and “her throat...told only of her unexpected joy (94),” which shows that Gatsby coming in to her life has brightened her life and made her full of joy, which leads her to realize how unhappy she had been with her life before Gatsby re-entered

Fitzgerald employs the extended metaphor of the “new world” to illustrate the total collapse of Gatsby’s reality(169). After Gatsby realizes he has lost the one dream of his life, he enters a world “where poor ghosts breath[] dreams like air”(169). Though Gatsby is in his own backyard, he is looking up at “an unfamiliar sky”(169). Before, this yard gave view to the green light near Daisy’s house, a symbol of hope and love and promise for Gatsby, but with his dream evaporated he finds himself vacantly looking out on his empty wealth. Once Gatsby has lost hope, he himself becomes a “poor ghost” with no conceivable aim, drive, or purpose(169). This shift in reality aligns with the change from summer to autumn as Gatsby felt “he had lost the old warm world,” instead “disappear[ing] among the yellowing trees”(169). Gatsby’s dream to reunite with Daisy depended on a disregard for the passage of time, and this metaphor reiterates that his life has crumbled because of that disregard. The transition from summer to fall parallels Gatsby’s transition from his old world full of hope to the new world devoid of meaning. As the leaves and trees and grass lose their vitality, so do Gatsby and his dream. Furthermore, Fitzgerald draws a connection between Wilson and Gastby as “poor ghosts...like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding towards him through the amorphous trees”(169). This comparison further sheds light on Gatsby’s state: Wilson just had the one thing he loved snatched from him, exiling him into the world of ghosts and driving him to murder. The utter hopelessness more overtly seen in Wilson is extended to Gatsby as they are thrust together in the new world and, soon after, death. Finally, the futility of Gatsby’s new life is displayed by the lack of a

To begin with, Gatsby’s desire to rekindle the flame between his dearest Daisy and himself causes a series of awful decisions to arise. For instance, after Mr. Carraway attends the grand party that Jay Gatsby was throwing, it comes to his attention the reason why the affluent man was living in West Egg instead of the elite East Egg. That reason being that“Gatsby bought [the] house so that Daisy would

The outside area where Nick, Daisy, Tom and Jordan have dinner helps to form the notion of the romantic idealism that seemed to exist at the time. The “rosy-coloured” porch and the way the “last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her (Daisy’s) glowing face” symbolise the naive, miscalculated dream of a perfect world that we later find out perfectly describes Gatsby’s feelings towards Daisy.

     Daisy is seeking her own version of the American Dream, and Gatsby just happens to be in it, just as

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

Gatsby does not belong to his own class and he is not accepted by the upper class, therefore he becomes an exception. Because of disappointment of being looked down upon and impossibility of accept by the upper class, he has nothing left except his love, which is also his “love dream”. Gatsby’s love for Daisy has been the sole drive and motive of his living. Gatsby’s great love is also the root of his great tragedy, because he is desperately in love with a woman who is not worthy of his deep love. Fitzgerald offers Gatsby with the spirit of sincerity, generosity, nobility, perseverance, and loyalty. All his good natures can be seen

The passage is structured into three sections, each differing in the use of narration, description, and dialogue. The first paragraph is Nick’s narration that prepares the reader to discover the “strange story” of Gatsby’s youth. The following five paragraphs are an intriguing mixture of narration and description. Gatsby’s descriptive revelation of his past is retold through by Nick’s narration. The filter of Nick’s own opinions inevitably affects the nuance of Gatsby’s experiences. Nick’s biased disapproval of the rich is conveyed through subtle words such as “bought luxury,” which implies his scorn for the rich who enjoy excessive luxury at the expense of others’ efforts.The last paragraph consists of Gatsby’s monologue only, in which the expression of his thoughts are independent of Nick’s opinion. Through this Fitzgerald provides the reader with Gatsby’s honest thoughts, in which his illusions are further made obvious. For example, his misguided belief that Daisy thought he “knew a lot because [he] knew different things from her” is overconfident and idealistic, giving the reader an insight into his character.