Of F Scott Fitzgerald's Writing Style Of The Great Gatsby

When an author writes a novel he keeps many things in mind. The author will precisely uses word choice, syntax, imagery, and many other literary devices to craft their own piece of art. From F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby a selected passage can reveal all the feature to his piece of art. From this passage things such as syntax and imagery will be discussed. Fitzgerald crafts his ideas through these literary features for the reader.

Fitzgerald's writing is not only captivating, but also rich in symbolism. The green light at the end of Daisy's dock symbolizes Gatsby's hopes and dreams, as he longs

Throughout the great American classic, “The Great Gatsby”, there are many instances of literary devices. In all of its context, it is easy to see that Fitzgerald uses a certain kind of literary terms and themes throughout all his writings. In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses devices such as foreshadowing, imagery, and suspenseful moments to capture the attention of his readers.

On the other hand, Fitzgerald presents Nick Carraway's friendship with Jay Gatsby as a counterpoint to the influence of wealth through relationships. Nick’s genuine aspiration to connect with Gatsby goes beyond Gatsby’s wealth, which underlines how real Gatsby and Nick’s bond is. Unlike Tom, Nick doesn’t care about money and instead, prioritizes authentic relationships. Gatsby treats Nick like a genuine friend, which is clear when he jokes around with him, calls him “old sport,” and invites him to activities like going on his hydroplane (47). After only a few encounters, Gatsby also opens up to Nick and tells him the truth about his past relationship with Daisy, which portrays how strong of a bond they have made in such a short amount of time.

In America the repercussions of World War 1 resulted in, the roaring twenties, a time period characterized as an era of economic prosperity. The stock market sky-rocketed, advances in technology were distinct and demands were shifting, but what value prominently elevated above everything else? Wealth. The widespread wealth was desired and people valued social class with such high regard that to attain these two fixations became the standard “American Dream” of the 1920’s. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s depiction exposes an era of poor social and moral values, and it was a miserable desire for wealth that progressed this. Fitzgerald utilizes the setting, a combination of the time period and geography, to reveal the message that it became

F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the popular novelists of twentieth century America. He is the representative novelist of the age because his novels deal with the American life in 20th century.

Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism to portray Gatsby’s desperation to get Daisy back. On pages 25-26 it says, “…he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward-and distinguished nothing except a single green light” (25-26; Ch.1). In chapter 9 it also declares that “Gatsby believed in the green light” (189; Ch.9). The green light represents Gatsby’s hopes, dreams, and ultimate goal to get Daisy back. E.E. Cummings uses symbolism to show how the women and men are wasting their time and living carelessly. Lines 5 and 7 in cummings’ poem states that, “Women and men (both little and small)…they sowed their isn’t they reaped their same” reveals that the townspeople just did what they had to do to get by (In 5,7). It also shows how they lived without a purpose. The author uses the seasons, “autumn winter spring summer” to demonstrate how time constantly passes by (In

1. We see all the action of The Great Gatsby from the perspective of one character whose

The Great Gatsby is one of the most read pieces of literature throughout the current modern Western world. High school kids all across the globe must learn and read it as part of their curriculum. One of the aspects that makes this novel so notable is that Fitzgerald, at no point in the story, needs to convey to his audience the theme of his novel directly. The main points of his novel are brought out by the powerful symbols he infuses in the book. Not only does he use them to convey his theme, but also ties them in to the rest of the story. Every aspect of this book is affected by the presence of one of his symbols. Through the use of the green light, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, and the Valley of the Ashes as symbols,

Jay Gatsby also know as James Gatz has always had a dream for his life and that dream is to be wealthy and well-known. As James Gatz lived a poor and unhappy life; he built a new name for himself, Jay Gatsby. Once Jay Gatsby was well known to the people he found it harder to maintain his image as Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald shows one of the struggles of deception through conversations between Gatsby and others, “I think he hardly knew what he was saying, for when I asked him what business he was in he answered, ‘That’s my affair,’ before he realized that it wasn’t an appropriate reply”. Through Jay Gatsby’s poor response while talking to Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald is able show the complications while deceiving others. Jay Gatsby is now

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, many of the characters live in an illusory world and only some can see past this. In the novel, West Egg and its residents represent the newly rich, while East Egg represents the old aristocracy. Gatsby seeking the past, Daisy is obsessed with material things, Myrtle wanting Tom to escape her poverty, George believing that T.J. Eckleburg is God, and Tom believing he is untouchable because of his power and wealth are all examples of the illusion v. reality struggle in the novel and Nick, the only character aware of reality, witnesses the fall of all the characters around him to their delusions.

Fitzgerald’s language of The Great Gatsby is rich and complex at the same time; it is poetic and economical as it is filled with metaphor and social realism. His language is figurative as it is filled with” indefiniteness, complication and subjectivity” (Prigozy , 1998, xxxii). His diction, tone, imagery, sound, and syntax reveal the themes of the novel. Tom’s, Daisy’s, Miss Baker’s live seem to be perfect on the superficial level but by analyzing the language they used, we can infer how perfect this life truly is. Liu (2010) stated that : in The Great Gatsby, The characterization is developed through suggestion rather objective description (p.664) . Tredell (2007) pointed out that even the color terms and the symbols are created

Symbolism prevails above all other things throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby. The author’s use of symbolism creates many themes throughout the story. Some of the main themes recognized throughout the story are those regarding lies and deceit, marriage, money, religion, and isolation. The symbols creating these themes are represented with colors. The author uses color throughout the story to symbolize deceit, innocence, envy, lifelessness, and sadness.

Born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (more commonly known as F. Scott Fitzgerald) became widely known as one of the greatest American authors. Fitzgerald wrote both novels and short stories, mainly set in the Jazz age. Many influences to his writing came from his own personal life and the world he saw around him. His wife, Zelda, was one of the major influences seen within many of his works. Fitzgerald encompasses many of these things in his books The Great Gatsby and Tender is the night. Letting his own life experiences and insight guide his writing, Fitzgerald explores the effect of social hierarchy on society amidst the Roaring Twenties through his use of evocative, colorful imagery and eloquent use of underlying tone.

“He smiled understandingly - much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in a life.” (48) This quote introduced in chapter 3, and produced by Nick is a prime example of Fitzgerald's use of descriptive writing presented in his book The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald's sensory - oriented writing style allows the reader to feel as if they are a character in the story, by describing sight, smell, taste, feeling, and sound. Fitzgerald's complex style of writing literally makes the words jump off the page and become realistic; just with the short excerpt presented earlier Fitzgerald allows the reader to mentally preview what it would be like to witness a smile as such from Jay Gatsby. Traditionally while a reader analyzes the story the lexicon provides help; in Fitzgerald's novel his complex diction does much more including creating positive and negative connotations and an atmosphere.