The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Therefore the green light gives him hope that someday he will be reunited with his love. In most societies today, green means go; Gatsby sees the light as a sign to go ahead and attain his dream. Consequently, Gatsby tries to pursue his love and thinks that he has convinced Daisy to leave her husband, but it is all an illusion; “‘If it wasn’t for the mist we could see you home across the bay...you always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.’...it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one” (93). In this moment, Gatsby realizes that his dream will never be obtained because the light is not visible anymore. There is a distance between Gatsby and Daisy, and the only connection to his vision of a perfect life is the green light, and, once it disappears, the hope for an ideal life fades. By saying “It had seemed as close as a star to the moon,” it is almost as if Gatsby is very close, but in reality he is still far away and the hope has vanished with the green light. After Gatsby dies, Nick reflects on Gatsby’s decisions that were based on the green light; “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future

[OPENING STATEMENT] The Great Gatsby does not clearly yield to either poem or prose causing it to be considered as a lyrical novel rather than the more common narrative. Poetic devices and techniques used by author F. Scott Fitzgerald are more commonly seen with poetry. Yet it is these techniques that give meaning to his work of fiction; how Fitzgerald states his ideas becomes more important than the ideas themselves. Poetic devices he uses are called litotes, which express a positive statement by using its opposite negatives. To say “the ice cream was not bad” would be an intentional understatement, when instead one could say the ice cream was “good.” Litotes are used for irony, which is “using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.”1 Also commonly found throughout the novel, litotes are used for emphatic effect to benefit setting, plot, and character development.

Fitzgerald’s use of colors allows the reader to experience the novel in a more vivid way. Green is represented as hope throughout “The Great Gatsby” on chapter 1 page 21 green was represented in the quote “ …And distinguished nothing except a single green light , minute and far away that might have been at the end of the dock”. Green represents Gatsby’s hope for daisy. In the book it’s interpreted as the green light across Gatsby’s dock.

The novel Great Gatsby and the short poem America go great together both describing their views on America during this crazy time period of change. Great Gatsby was written by a man named F Scott Fitzgerald he wrote this book in 1925 during Great gatsby was written by a man named F Scott Fitzgerald he wrote this book in 1925 during the times when the American dream was the same for everyone.The 1920’s were the age of miracles Fitzgerald had said: "it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire." Fitzgerald loved to write books about love and greed like his book The Beautiful and Damned and This side of Paradise. Claude Mckay grew up loving writing and making poems. He was known for his during the Harlem

Colors are often used in literature as symbols to represent various ideas, qualities and themes. In his book, The Great Gatsby, Scott F. Fitzgerald has used a wide range of colors to represent the major themes of the book and the personalities and possessions of his characters. Fitzgerald has predominantly used the color green and yellow in contrast with gold to highlight the major theme of the difference in classes of Tom and Gatsby, and gray to portray the status of Wilson who is unlike Tom and Gatsby. The author has also frequently used the color white in this book, especially when describing Daisy’s appearance and character. Another important color mentioned by the author is blue which is strongly connected to Gatsby’s false thoughts and

F. Scott Fitzgerald was the model of the American image in the nineteen twenties. He had wealth, fame, a beautiful wife, and an adorable daughter; all seemed perfect. Beneath the gilded façade, however, was an author who struggled with domestic and physical difficulties that plagued his personal life and career throughout its short span. This author helped to launch the theme that is so prevalent in his work; the human instinct to yearn for more, into the forefront of American literature, where it would remain a common topic of writing to this day. Far below the partying and drinking front of F. Scott Fitzgerald lay a common man who wrote from the heart, and held nothing back.

Tom and Daisy chose to be compassionate due to the fact that their wealth sets them up on a high pedestal in society. They have no moral obligations for each other. Their marriage is only there as a front and not based on being in love. After the death of Myrtle, Tom and Daisy sit “opposite each other” with a sense of “natural intimacy” as if they were “conspiring together” (144,145). Although they are not in love with each other, they continue to show compassion in order to benefit from a higher social status. In the past, their love might have been genuine and true. That was after Gatsby had left for war. Daisy and Tom grew to love each other and their flaws and continued to live a life in love until one day they did not. Both, indirectly decided that being together in wealth and fame is better than being apart.

Throughout the course of The Great Gatsby Nick seems to have changed for becoming a better person for his experiences on the East Coast.

Confrontations are nearly impossible to avoid. As one goes through the journey of life, ideas often conflict. When ideas conflict they need to be resolved, and this is what often leads to confrontation. As defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, confrontation is the clashing of forces or ideas. To confront someone is to accuse them of having a different idea, or doing something directly opposed to you. In the Plaza Hotel scene within his novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the power of confrontation as the climax of his scene with the quote, “What kind of a row are you trying to cause in my house anyhow?”(129). This is the key question. At this point in the novel Tom Buchannan has just become aware that his wife, Daisy, is in love with Jay Gatsby. Every previous event in the chapter has been leading up to this confrontation; this question. By pinning the “row” on Gatsby, Fitzgerald creates an accusatory tone in Tom. The phrase “in my house”, implies Gatsby is a home-wrecker. When looked at alone, this innocent question seems as though Tom has been completely wronged by Gatsby, and has every right to directly accuse Jay of is seemingly repugnant actions. But, it is due to Fitzgerald’s context and story line that this accusation of Gatsby is easily viewed as an attack. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald is continuously using literary devices to imply that the climax of this scene is this confrontation in the context surrounding it and in doing so is

The Great Gatsby illustrates the possible poor ways to achieve something so sought after such as being, in a general sense, successful. The American Dream in this sense is overwhelming, unobtainable to some and futile in some senses. The second decade of the 1900’s was a period of peak interest in pursuing the American Dream. “Fitzgerald, who named and chronicled that brash, schizophrenic decade, was now stranger to the dissipation of values and the pursuit of sensation in the Jazz Age of the 1920’s.” (Callahan P. 376). The essential evidence of one having achieved the “dream” was having the nuclear family, some sort of financial wealth, a large home and an automobile. It was widely understood that the financial aspect of this was the most important. This was a goal that drove the protestant work ethic of lower, middle and newly immigrated Americans. This dream also promoted the idea of delayed gratification found in a large capitalist country like in the United States. Protagonist, Jay Gatsby, does achieve the American Dream but the course changes his character and he ultimately encompasses what one would imagine a person with this ambition to be, truly unfulfilled. “Fitzgerald embodied in his tissues and nervous system the fluid polarities of American experience: success and failure, illusion and disillusion, dream and nightmare.” (Callahan P.374).

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was a popular author in the United States whose fame was at its peak in the 1920s, during the “Jazz Age.” He was born in St Paul, Minnesota to an affluent family. His social status led him to write novels associated with fame and fortune, such as The Great Gatsby. However, his fame began to dwindle in the 1930s, and became an alcoholic. His downfall also led to financial problems and disrupted his personal life. Unfortunately, he died of a heart attack in 1940 before finishing his last novel. Ironically, he became famous once again after his death, and many still are intrigued by his legacy today.

The novel The Great Gatsby is a dated story that still has not lost its relevance in

Discuss Modernist views of ONE of the following themes or concepts as it is presented in EITHER The Great Gatsby OR To the North:

The color green symbolizes hope.To Gatsby, the green light represents his dream, which is Daisy. For Gatsby his American dream wouldn't be completed without Daisy. “…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, minute and far away” ().However now when he craves for Daisy, he also craves the past that he shared with

The color green represents wealth, which was a reoccurring obsession with Gatsby. The body of water between them both represents the rift between Gatsby and Daisy’s different lives and backgrounds. Additionally, this is the first instance when Gatsby is reaching out to his hopes and dreams. Gatsby’s dream involves wealth and future marriage with Daisy. It is duly noted that at the end of the first chapter, Nick saw Gatsby and, “could have sworn he was trembling…Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light”(Gatsby 20-21). This personal action represents the longing for economic and material success, almost becoming and obsession. However the readers are able to understand that individuals constantly believe that there is always something better in the world. This green light is also symbolic as nicks observation at the end of the novel “tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther”(Gatsby 171), showing that this dream is all encompassing. Gatsby looking across the water to see the green light has drove himself to high status and astonishing success. The green light not only represents wealth but also the model of the American