The Great Gatsby Rhetorical Analysis

In book, “The Great Gatsby,” F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts how the American was corrupted through wealth. Fitzgerald provides many examples. The most common example shown was Jay Gatsby. Gatsby’s idea that to achieve his American Dream must be to acquire wealth. In order to show this, Fitzgerald uses various literary elements. Two of those being imagery and foreshadowing, these played a critical role in describing the theme, and specific moods to show what was to come and as well as describe the story as a whole. These play a vital role in representing Gatsby’s life and journey to acquiring Daisy, his version of the American Dream.

In his essay, Complexion, Richard Rodríguez uses the rhetorical modes of description and symbolism. The description gives the work a story-like flow, while the symbolism makes the reader more able to experience the emotions and feelings present within the authors “complexion.” The utilization of the stylistic tools aids in conveying the true message of the author’s claim which is that he received mass racism out in the society. Since the essay is an account of his own experiences with racism, the description works well to take the reader to different periods of time and events in Rodriguez’s life.

intruding to him until the third chapter but instead building up the mystery around him. It also expresses how he would be with a crowd that he invites but he’s not part of the group at all. Like when you shop up to a party that you don’t know anyone. That feeling is showed off to him as I read on “standing alone on the marble stops and looking from one group to another” “Sometimes they come and went without having met Gatsby at all”.

As the narrator, the audience gets a deep insight into how Nick feels about Gatsby. Nick views Gatsby as an admirable figure, and thinks that Gatsby’s capacity to dream makes him “great.” Nick illustrates how, “...Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island sprang from his platonic conception of himself. He was a Son of God. A phrase which means anything means just that.” Plato was a Greek philosopher who created the idealism that every person aspires to some perfect or vastly superior form of itself. Therefore, when Nick refers to “platonic conception,” he is describing how Gatsby created himself based on envisions of his fondest dreams. Born into a poor farming family in North Dakota James Gatz always had a dream to belong in the upper class of

In chapter 8 being an outcast/ or a loner was a feeling from this book that I wasn't expecting. I from where the books seemed like it was going it was that sex doesn't matter companionship is what Bernard wants and I believe that there it's a little weird the feelings and thoughts he's having in his head.m" Bernard says repetitively how alone he is and how he's growing feelings for Linda and like how she's noticing it and is growing them as well. From what I have read. It almost gives a sense that Linda cares and like they understand each other.

“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart,” was said by Maya Angelou. Many authors strive to write books that have a purpose, including the author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author strives to display multiple purposes to readers through strong, sophisticated writing. The purposes Fitzgerald shows in The Great Gatsby include that substance in relationships matters, the truth is important, and that actions have consequences. Fitzgerald executes the purposes successfully by using rhetorical choices such as irony, homilies, simple dialogue, similes, and syntax

In the film of The Great Gatsby, based on the novel, Director, Baz Luhrmann shares the elaborate tale of the infamous Jay Gatsby. Taking place in the era of the 1920’s, also known as the roaring twenties, Luhrmann is able to bring the film to life by constructing breathtaking scenery creating a glamorous environment full of ecstasy in order to make the modern day audience get a feel for what life in that time period would have been like today. Though the story is about the main character, Jay Gatsby desperately trying to rekindle the spark he once had with his past love Daisy, Luhrmann infers that this is more than just another film about hopeless love. Throughout the film Luhrmann there is much evidence that reveal the overall theme of the story. Through the overdramatic characters, who seem oblivious to consequences of their actions, as well as the events that take place toward the end of the film, Luhrmann looks to show the audience the destructiveness of money, wealth, and the American Dream. As the film concludes, the narrator, Nick Caraway, solidifies that the purpose of telling the story of The Great Gatsby is to reveal how hopes of achieving the American Dream can corrupt and degrade the human spirit.

All good essays use some combination of the three rhetorical appeals: logos, ethos, and pathos. Logos is an appeal to logical reasoning and how a writer puts together a cohesive, flowing argument. Ethos is an appeal to a writer’s credibility and good character, while pathos is an appeal to the emotions of the audience. “The Great White Way” by Debra J. Dickerson is an essay that questions America’s racial and social norm of “whiteness”. Dickerson describes how the terms of being “white” have differed over the past century and how this infatuation with race still defines American society.

Flannery O’Connor reveals many things about ignorance and morals in her short story, “Revelation”. The story takes place in a doctor’s waiting room and revolves around the thoughts of the protagonist, Mrs. Turpin, who, after working out her opinion of each person in the room, concludes that many of the people in the room, as well as many outside of the room, are inferior to her. Her shallowness is very apparent and her ignorance is slowly revealed throughout the story, leading up to a point where a young girl viciously insults and attacks her, and ultimately reveals Mrs. Turpin’s own bigotry to her. O’Connor makes use of the three rhetorical appeals -- ethos, pathos, and logos -- to convey to the reader that bigotry blinds an individual to

English is my weakest subject. If you ask me why Gatsby constantly analyzes the green light, I will answer that he believed an alien spaceship was heading towards Long Island. However, I grew a passion for this subject as I learned how to voice my opinions through my writings. I can be heard; I can judged; I can be critiqued; I can be persuasive.

F. Scott Fitzgerald employs the term polysyndeton to Chapter Two of The Great Gatsby when describing “The Valley of Ashes.” The utilization of this technique provides the reader with a sense of importance because the extra conjunctions applies stress and emphasis on the other words in the sentence. The use of polysyndetons while describing “The Valley of Ashes,” also portrays the significance of the words as the technique slows the momentum of the sentences. In addition, as Nick, the narrator, illustrates the look of West Egg to the reader, he refers to the buildings and people as made from ash. This picture of West Egg possesses a feeling of gloom and boredom. The way Nick represents West Egg with the use of polysyndetons shows that even though

Kurt Vonnegut suggests that “Americans are forever reaching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.” Vonnegut’s quote conveys that Americans strive for goals, such as love, too far-fetched to be reached. Or simply, people want to have bigger and better things, but they’re not taking the right steps to achieve that. In addition, he expresses that Americans are separated by some barrier like social class, or “places it can never be,” since social class is an element that dictates one’s path to find love and success. Vonnegut also adds that it has “something to do with the vanished frontier,” with frontier meaning the land of America, which

As students are put through the U.S. school system the are continually reminded that their purpose in life is to make the most money possible, and to do so you must good grades, get into a good college to get a degree for a well-paying job. However for many wealth isn’t the answer to happiness. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, different symbols are used by Fitzgerald to represent the decline of The American Dream, which include The Valley of Ashes, Gatsby’s parties, and the sudden death of Gatsby. All which are used throughout the story to show the theme that The American Dream is only an illusion and attempting to achieve it generally results in the downfall of whom pursuits it.

Henry David Thoreau, legendary author of renowned works such as Walden and Civil Disobedience, once said, “Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.” Thoreau urges us to not just be good people, but to be good with a purpose, something that our good can be used for. However, he does not discredit morality in its essence, but rather advocates for it, saying that it being combined with a true purpose is the ultimate goal. But, in The Great Gatsby, a 1925 novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters’ attempt to follow the parts of this quote is a futile one, as they attempt the “something” of it all, but fail miserably at the “good” part.

The novel is set in the twenties, following World War I. The economy is booming, which is crucial for the ability to convey the themes of the American Dream and post-war moods. Set in New York City, the book opens in the West Egg, a new money part of the upper class neighborhoods.