Literary Devices In The Great Gatsby And Night, By Harper Lee

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.

The author used foreshadowing throughout the entire selection. Also, he used dialect from the old Greek times, and makes many references to back then. C.S. Lewis also used many metaphors when describing his characters. Although, the best used literary device is foreshadowing because the author makes references in an early chapter to something that will happen many chapters later. Thus, the author uses literary devices quite good throughout the entire novel.

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by the author F. Scotts Fitzgerald in 1925. But the story is based in 1922 this book is mainly about a man named Jay Gatsby. His life story is told to us by a man named Nick Carraway. Nick rents a small house right next to Jay Gatsby’s. It’s located in the West Egg area of Long Island New York. Carraway soon comes to find out that Gatsby is a very mysterious man that is known for throwing the most extravagant parties. He then reconnects with his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom Buchanan. They introduce Nick to Daisy's best friend Jordan Baker. Baker proceeds to tell him more about Buchanan’s marriage, and how he is having an affair with a woman named Myrtle Wilson. Later on, in the book Nick Carraway

Metaphors: These allow the author to compare to subjects while still maintaining the flow of a formal tone such as that of an academic essay. This also allows the author to use a broader vocabulary which keeps their overall writing at a higher level because the author does not have to use the word “like” which is preached as lower level diction which is used in a simile.

We look back in history in order to learn from our mistakes and to help society progress in the present and in the future. “The Great Gatsby” was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. Fitzgerald wrote this piece during the 1920s after WWI and it perfectly replicates the time period. The narrative captures the essence of the Jazz Age by depicting characters, showing power struggles and by defining the societal conflicts of the time. The novel tells us about different influences on the 20’s such as the Prohibition Act, the success of Wall Street, and aspects of the American Dream. “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald possesses the social constructs and ideas of the Roaring Twenties.

To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, has many themes shown through the book. Just some of these themes are courage, education, and empathy. All of these show up in one way or another in the book through life lessons that the main character went through. Although amongst some great company, the most prevalent theme in this book is empathy because it shows the character’s understanding of the situation.

One of these literary devices is characterization. In a sound of thunder an example of characterization is shown by what eckeleor the main character does. He is very nervous when going back to time travel and is scared to mess up any tiny things. The idea ofbeing nervous also is shown in nethergrave. After lying to his online friends Jeremy is nervous and worried to see what everyone in the chat thinks of him. Although both stories use characterization, I believe A sound of thunder uses it more effectively because they emphasized being nervous and the actual literary device of characterization more than the story

In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his diction, imagery, and syntax in order to elegantly illustrate the story of Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. By telling the story from Carraway’s point of view, Fitzgerald is able to enhance the reading experience of the reader to the point where they can feel as if they are in the story themselves. Fitzgerald’s formal, connotative, diction allows the reader to put significant thought and understanding into their reading experience, while his imagery allows one to envision just what sort of setting Gatsby and Carraway are in. Combined with his long, thought inducing sentence structure, Fitzgerald is able to stir up the emotions of his readers, and invoke their deeper understanding of his

A literary device is a specific structure that the author uses to add meaning to the story, or to create a more compelling story. The short story: The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell, is full of literary devices. Three of the most evident are imagery, flashback and suspense.

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most appreciated and studied novel across the nation because of its rich way of developing themes and characters. Her book, To Kill a Mockingbird, won a pulitzer prize for fiction and several other literary rewards. Although it is a fictional story, she structured her novel with events that occurred in her life and people who lived in her hometown, Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird to portray the ongoing injustice of racial prejudice from her era. Being the youngest of four children, she was born on April 28th of 1926 in Monroeville, a small town of southern Alabama.

Phil Moon Wilder Honors American Lit. 2/29/16 The Great Gatsby The novel, The Great Gatsby, is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Born on September 24, 1896, most of his novels are said to relate to his own life during his childhood years. The Great Gatsby is just one of those novels that can relate to his life by the way the main character lives in the book.

In many novels, the author uses many literary techniques and devices to reveal a character. This is shown in the novel The Great Gatsby where the author F.Scott Fitzgerald reveals Gatsby to the narrator Nick. In addition, the author not only shows the effects the characteristics has on Nick’s view Gatsby but, he does it while using literary elements such as tone and diction.

The Great Gatsby a novel written in 1925, by Scoot Fitzgerald is a narrative of love. This novel narrates a love triangle that is motivated by the desire between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Although Gatsby was killed by George Wilson, Tom Buchanan's anger, Daisy Buchanan carelessness and Jay Gatsby hopeless love play a role in his death.

To Kill a Mockingbird is set up into two major parts. Harper Lee sets up the themes and ideals in part one through the actions of scout and applies those themes through real world examples in part two. In part one she sneaks the themes in through the adventures and experiences that Scout, Jem, and Dill encounter. Then part two, she takes an issue of racial discrimination and shows it how it would be seen by a child. One situation that they encounter is when Jem and Scout get their air rifles, explained in the quote above.

The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1925 by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Jay Gatsby, a wealthy bootlegger, pursues his former love Daisy Buchanan after leaving her for the Great War. He uses the help of his neighbor Nick Carraway who is a second cousin of Daisy. Nick aids Gatsby by inviting Daisy over for tea so that Gatsby can make his appearance. Daisy’s husband senses something awry and calls Gatsby out, explaining how he made his money by bootlegging. Daisy is outraged and while driving Gatsby’s car, runs into Tom’s mistress, Myrtle. Tom tells Myrtle’s husband that Gatsby had killed Myrtle, and Myrtle’s husband decides to get revenge.