Corruption In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald has many important scenes and quotes that help define it as one of the best written classic books. While some of these scenes important, there is one scene in the book that really sets the turning point in the setting. The scene where Gatsby and Daisy reunite after not seeing each other for over five years. This scene is important in the story because it is where Gatsby realizes that his american dream is achievable and where Daisy realizes her longing towards Gatsby. Fitzgerald shows this transition in the characters behavior and attitude by using imagery, symbolism, and diction to properly portray the Gatsby desire for a better life, a life of happiness, a life with Daisy. This scene symbolizes Gatsby’s

After settling down Gatsby arrives at the door “pale as death” (Fitzgerald 86) and was “standing in a puddle of water” (Fitzgerald 86) rushing to get in and finally speak to Daisy. The scene ends after Daisy and Gatsby finally talk, the readers don’t know what about, and the rain stops pouring outside. Gatsby represents the average man or woman striving for the american dream while Daisy represents the american dream itself. In this scene Fitzgerald uses the rain to provide imagery, diction, and symbolize Gatsbys gaining his faith in the american dream. After Gatsby and Daisy reunite, Gatsby exclaims “It's stopped raining” (Fitzgerald 89), this quote helps symbolize Gatsby's character transformation and also Daisy’s character transformation. It shows imagery by painting a picture of desperation on Gatsby’s character, by soaking him head to toe literally dripping puddles because of the rain. The diction use from the rain passage, would be the way Fitzgerald describes Daisy’s and Gatsby’s facial expression after their talk. Fitzgerald uses words like smeared, glowed, and radiated to portay the significance of their talk. Gatbys characters transformation began when it started raining outside, Gatsby was a pale nervous wreck when the rain started, and when the rain stopped he “literally glowed; without a word