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What Is The Similarities Between The Great Gatsby And The Jelly Bean

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The 1920s lead to a major change in American society because it was a point in time when people decided that if you live in America you should live the American dream. They believed that money was the key to living out this dream making some people go against their morals and values to acquire excessive amounts of money. The problem with this was that many people would marry an individual for their money leading to many people being heartbroken and without money. F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and "The Jelly Bean" use the literary elements of irony, foreshadowing and symbolism to show how the mixing of money and love always lead to heartbreak which was how society was when these two pieces were written. Irony is all throughout both of …show more content…

For example, in the Great Gatsby, George and Mrytle live in a place called the Valley of Ashes which symbolizes that their marriage is dead which allows Gatsby to try and steal Mrytle away from George. Another use of symbolism in The Great Gatsby is associating the color white with Daisy throughout the book to show that she is pure and perfect in the mind of Gatsby which is caused by his blindness to see that she has parasitic tendencies.. The Jelly-Bean uses symbolism in a similar way by making Nancy represent false happiness in Jim's heart which eventually lead to him being heartbroken because he was blinded by the idea of how perfect he thought she was similar to Gatsby. When the two females are symbolized it helps further the theme by creating the concept of that they aren't just characters in a story but also lessons to be learned and retained after the story is over. Overall the use of symbolism sets up the possibility for the reader to further understand a certain characters impact on another either emotionally or

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