Personification In The Great Gatsby

Every great book must have characters that either change or don’t change throughout the story. In the Great Gatsby there are characters that change their feelings, personalities, and etc. Characters can change from multiple forces such as bad actions, corrupt people, and life threatening moment, a lover dying, and etc.… In this essay I will explain the characters that change and don’t change. Static characters are people that do not stray from the own personality or character. While dynamic characters are people that change drastically from beginning to end. Throughout the story (The Great Gatsby) Daisy, Tom are static characters, while on the other hand George and Myrtle are dynamic characters.

As Fitzgerald started to build the base of his storyline, one element that stood out to me was his characterization of Nick Carraway and Tom Buchanan. Nick followed a motto in life, told by his father, ‘"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had”(1).’ Right off the bat, Fitzgerald portrays Carraway as an objective and nonjudgmental human being. As I read further through the chapter, I noticed Fitzgerald’s quite forward judgment of Tom, “... Rather a hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shining, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward” (11). Fitzgerald's depiction of Buchanan offsets the moderate portrayal of the narrator. This intimidating and bully like ambiance radiating off Tom “appears” later in the chapter when he continuously cuts Daisy off in the middle of her talking. Nick vividly describes the “appearance” of Tom, “Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body. It was a body capable of enormous leverage-a cruel body” (11). Fitzgerald was implying that whatever you may look from the outside, it definitely doesn’t portray who you are inside. From the outside, Tom looks well dressed and clean cut, but his personality does not suit him by any means. I believe that Fitzgerald had a meaning behind the way of characterizing and

The third chapter of the great Gatsby takes place at Gatsby’s luxurious mansion where he hosts a very lavish party where guests sometimes “came and went without having met Gatsby at all”, many guests “were not invited”, but they still “went there” (page 41). Fitzgerald utilizes visual imagery to portray how Gatsby’s lavish home attracts people to his parties not because they identify themselves as friends nor even acquaintances, but because of his wealth, people do not seek him out nor do they thank him for his hospitality, they treat his home like an “amusement park” (page 41). The use of this simile demonstrates, again how his so-called guests views his parties. Fitzgerald uses auditory imagery to show how Gatsby’s guests do not seem to respect

In the book The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald tells us a story of a rich character named Gatsby and Nick Carraway narrates his view of Gatsby chasing his dream to achieve the American dream. He uses many literary devices, including metaphors, similes, and personification. Fitzgerald uses literary devices to create a deeper interpretation and signification to his literature. In the Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway narrates because he acts as an observer. Gatsby has a lot of determination to achieve the American dream, but conflicts arise when Daisy cannot accept the view of Gatsby as a rich person.

The imperfect characters that exist within The Great Gatsby highlight Fitzgerald’s already fantastic writing the most since it displays his characters from a jaded perspective. This is exemplified in the development of Tom Buchanan and Daisy’s relationship is toxic in the sense that both parties seem to be missing fundamental emotional components. One of these missing components can be broken down into the observation that Daisy must only love money and herself which is why she is an egoist. On the other hand, Tom can also be considered an egoist due to his arrogant attitude in assuming everything belongs to him. In fact, Tom doesn’t care about Daisy at all, he only cares about possessing his trophy wife, which is an extremely sinister trait in any relationship. Hence, the most unhealthy relationship within the book is Tom and Daisy’s because they possess several malicious character traits that debilitate them as couple which are: Tom’s belief that everything belongs to him, Daisy’s inherently materialistic nature, and both of their total unconcern toward each other’s extramarital antics.

Have you ever noticed how people almost always talk about what they do not have instead of what they do? Well in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this is a major part of the book. Fitzgerald’s characters are used to show that people are greedy and always will be. Specifically, Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby to show that society is greedy because he always focuses on what he does not have instead of what he does have. First, Fitzgerald shows how Gatsby does everything to impress Daisy, by how Gatsby becomes rich to win her over and how he does everything for Daisy. Secondly, Fitzgerald shows how Gatsby throws extravagant parties to impress Daisy. Finally, he shows how Gatsby is not happy being rich or poor. This is important because

F. Scott Fitzgerald presents multiple themes and characters that have an overlaying façade that they portray throughout the novel. Fitzgerald’s main representation of illusion is with James Gatz or Jay Gatsby as he is known in the time covered in the novel. Gatsby can also be considered to be the embodiment of illusion within the novel.

The first element Finney uses to support his main idea is imagery. For example, when he says, "Then he lost it, his shoulders plunging backward, and he flung his arms forward, his hands smashing against the window casing on either side; and--his body moving backward--his fingers clutched the narrow wood stripping of the upper pane" (Finney 12). This is an example of imagery because it is creating an adrenaline pumping picture in my mind by describing how close Tom is to death. This relates to the thesis by showing that you should not risk your life just for your job; more is not more important than life itself. Taking risks doesn’t just mean risking your life, you can risk little things too, for example, your job. You can accept the fact that

Gatsby is a character who aspired to be successful and to realize his dreams of love and wealth, however, when he faced his reality he was never able to fully accomplish his dreams, revealing that one will use all their energy to hold on to a dream that will never reach a reality.

When asked what the ideal modern person is, many people would say “someone who works hard and loves their family” or “someone who chases what they believe in”, and these people are entirely correct and have the right idea.

Jay Gatsby’s whole persona is a show. Gatsby's life is a lie, his name was made up and his wealth is ill-gained causing everything he lived for to be fake, yet Gatsby tells people that he is of “old money”, “I am the son of some wealthy people in the middle-west” (Fitzgerald 69). Gatsby put on this persona in the form of his parties. Also, the guests was described as performing and their social and practiced roles was compared to their appearances at the parties. Appearance versus reality is the leading theme of Gatsby’s parties. These themes highlight the idea of each party and Gatsby as “a show” and a performance. There are three noteworthy parties throughout the book. The party in Chapter two was a small party at Toms, this party ends with

The novel, The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is set in the context where the implosion and withering away of the American Dream is represented by the main character and protagonists, Jay Gatsby’s dream. The use of writing, reading and books as representation allows readers to gain insight into character. This will be proven by addressing the themes of appearance verses reality, education and dissatisfaction of the characters with their circumstances in life. This argument will be developing by using the scene of Tom Buchannan’s discussion of the novel by Goddard, the library scene with The Owl-Eyed man and Fitzgerald’s writing style regarding his use of the character Nick Carraway. In order to prove how the representation of

In the first book, a Separate Peace, by John Knowles, Gene, the narrator, meets Phineas and they become very close friends. Their life is based in the Devon high school during the WWII period. Gene goes through a lot of confusion after others blame him of pushing Phineas off a tree and breaking his leg, even if he feels very connected to Phineas as a friend. The other book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is narrated through Nick’s eyes who observes the story of his neighbor Gatsby’s difficult life as he is trying to get the person who he loves: Daisy. This book does well in representing the wealthy life and struggles during the 1920s with Gatsby’s big parties and the Buchanans capability of escaping punishment from crimes thanks to

Gatsby is the prominent character of the book; his actions are put on display for the readers to interpret. Being the central figure of the story, his characteristics were carefully constructed. He is charming and mysterious to outsiders, but the few that see through him know more than that. Gatsby grew out of his humble beginnings and flourished in wealth after realizing his love for Daisy Buchanan. She was his sole motivation for his lavish lifestyle. She was the center of his world. Gatsby hid Daisy once he had her attention and he kept their affair a secret from everyone; publicity, Tom, and even Nick. This is why a curtain in a theater pertains to Gatsby. The curtain hides the stage when it is closed and no one can see what is going on

What is the Modern Person? There is no one idea of a modern person. The ideas of such a person differ depending on who you ask. Back in the 1920s the belief was mostly different to what it is now. A person’s background also shapes their idea on the modern person.