Three Symbols in the Great Gatsby

The author Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby as a novel that talks about and covers American issues in the 1920s. He shows in the novel the carelessness and selfishness of everybody at the same time by portraying all of them in the location of west and east egg. Fitzgerald talks about a couple different topics throughout the novel. One of those is," the Attainment of a dream may be less satisfying than the pursuit of it" and the second one is"the American Dream is corrupted by the desire for wealth". He uses those themes to show how americans lived at a different time.

In The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, symbols are used to support the theme of corruption. During the Roarin’ Twenties. prohibition drove many Americans, especially around big cities, to disregard the law and become bootleggers. They threw large, extravagant parties in which morals were not present. Fitzgerald used the Valley of Ashes, the American Dream, and the Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg to symbolize the corruption of America.

The book The Great Gatsby is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it’s a narrative told from the perspective of Nick Carraway. He tells the story of the tragic life of Jay Gatsby and talks about the society of the wealthy people with high social status. He talks about the conflict between the two huge power Tom and Gatsby, due to their similarity in their money and social status, while they compete for dominance and masculinity by fighting over Daisy. Through Nick’s narration and his close relationship with Gatsby, the readers realize that the motive behind everything that Gatsby does is to win back Daisy’s heart to repeat the past, the first time when he fell in love with Daisy.

Another symbol that Fitzgerald uses in The Great Gatsby is the bill board with T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes. “But above the gray land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg. The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are blue gigantic-their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose. Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness, or forgot them and moved away. But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.”(Fitzgerald 23-24). Fitzgerald uses T.J. Eckleburg's as a symbol to represent God’s

Gatsby is not misleading, and cares and hopes for the best to every one of the characters he meets. Gatsby progressed in a multitude of ways, such as how he talked and thought of certain people such as Daisy. The way F. Scott Fitzgerald described Gatsby as a character and how he progressed Gatsby couldn't be more fitting as a caring and more respectful kind of guy. How Gatsby relates to society is that he threw parties and how a lot of rich people went to his parties. He may even be able to challenge societal norms because of how he brought himself up to be a kind of character who looks like a rich guy who is just like everyone else, normal, but really he had so much inside of him that Nick Carraway(friend and Narrator) can for some reason only see. Through this journey, some may feel that Fitzgerald wanted to that there is always some sort of light around, maybe you will have to look hard for it but there will always be light, in Gatsby’s case, there was a green light, and how he looked at the light made it seem as it was his hope, but not for loss. As Gatsby says "single green light" and how it was "unattainable dream," the "dream [that] must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it”. This is one of Gatsby’s quotes that he used with a reference to the green light.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Gatsby attempts to be obtain his American dream with conspicuous consumption. Fitzgerald uses symbols of conspicuous consumption in money, cars and houses to show that the American dream of wealth and possessions doesn't necessarily ensure happiness.

ideas or concepts. For example, a dove is usually used to represent peace. In the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald uses a lot of symbolism to connect the characters with each other or to other objects. Fitzgerald’s use of symbolism helps advance his thematic interest in his novel of The Great Gatsby. In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses various colors, objects, and gestures as symbols to portray the lack of moral and spiritual values of people and the different aspects of society in the 1920's.

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author incorporates many symbols usually disregarded and overlooked by many readers. Thomas C. Foster, the author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, argues that “in general a symbol can’t be reduced to standing for one thing” (Foster 98). Throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, many symbols convey more than one specific meaning; thus, most times, a symbol does not strictly represent “one something in particular,” but may have multiple interpretations instead (Foster 97). In “Chapter 1,” Nick describes his first encounter with Gatsby and illustrates how Gatsby “was trembling” looking at “a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock” (Fitzgerald 21).

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many different symbols to show the theme disillusionment in the story. The most important symbol in Fitzgerald's writing is the Green Light. The Light shows us the significance of the love that Gatsby acquired for his one true love. Fitzgerald's text also relates to the short story Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden. While F. Scott Fitzgerald and Robert Hayden both illustrate Disillusionment in their relationships, Fitzgerald achieves this purpose through The green light and Hayden through Syntax.

The Great Gatsby, written by F Scott Fitzgerald, depicts the themes of the American Dream, illusion and corruption and old money vs new money through the use of setting, characterisation and symbols. Daisy Buchannan, a materialistic individual who loves only what one owns, is one of the main protagonists, who Gatsby pursues. Fitzgerald portrays the theme of old money vs new money as moral vs immoral. People who become wealthy and attempt to obtain all tangible things, are those who come to an abrupt end. Fitzgerald depicts Illusion and corruption as a representation of the corruption of society’s values, whereby individuals are only concerned with physical items as they step further away from the moral values. Illusion and corruption can be seen through Gatsby, even though his actions

Another key symbol used by Fitzgerald is the billboard set in the Valley of Ashes with the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg. This symbol is first introduced in the beginning of chapter two in vivid poetic prose, typical of Fitzgerald’s writing style. The billboard’s physical state “dimmed a little by many paint less days, under sun and rain (2.26)” holds particular significance as it posses a multifaceted interwoven meaning. One meaning that can be derived from this symbol is that American society has lost its spirituality. This can be seen as Wilson makes a link between the eyes and God.

The Great Gatsby is a novel that illustrates the society in the 1920's and the associated beliefs, values and dreams of the American population at that time. These beliefs, values and dreams can be summed up be what is termed the "American Dream", a dream of money, wealth, prosperity and the happiness that supposedly came with the booming economy and get-rich-quick schemes that formed the essential underworld of American upper-class society. This underworld infiltrated the upper echelons and created such a moral decay within general society that paved the way for the ruining of dreams and dashing of hopes as they were placed confidently in the chance for opportunities that could be seized by one and all. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the

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,

The Great Gatsby is filled with symbols and symbolism, which try to convey Fitzgerald's ideas to the reader. The symbols are uniquely involved in the plot of the story, which makes their implications more real. There are three major symbols that serve very important significance in the symbolism of the novel. They are "the valley of the ashes," the reality that represents the corruption in the world, the green light of Daisy's lap that Gatsby sees across the bay and lastly, the symbolism of the East Egg and West Egg or more important the east and the west of the country.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a story that has many different themes. Fitzgerald shows the themes that he uses through his character’s desires and actions. This novel has themes in it that we deal with in our everyday life. It has themes that deal with our personal lives and themes that deal with what’s right and what’s wrong. There are also themes that have to do with materialistic items that we deal desire on a daily basis. Fitzgerald focuses on the themes of corrupted love, immorality, and the American Dream in order to tell a story that is entertaining to his readers.