Daisy's Use Of Rain In The Great Gatsby

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The Greater Gatsby ` The Great Gatsby uses many motifs in his story one repeated motif is weather, he uses rain, heat and clouds to show the connections between Daisy and Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses weather in order to portray the characters feelings and emotions. Rain repreasents depression, heat shows tentison and coulds represent the opening of a new feeling. Throughout The Great Gatsby Rain is used repeatedly, in many instinsces rain comes when Gatsby and Daisy reconnect, when Gatsby and Daisy meet for the first time in five years it takes place through the mutual friend and cousin, Nick. The motif is shown when,“The day agreeds upon was pouring rain,” (Fitzgerald 83). This shows that rain has a key factor when sadness or morning is occuring. Gatsby has missed Daisy for five years and when it is time to see each other again, although it is a happy day, the sad memories are coming back to them. The happiness is very exciting for both of them, but the idea of them reconnecting is what draws the rain. They want to see each other but it is not a good idea for both of there lives to have a new person enter and start right from where they left off five years ago. …show more content…

The tension is usually between tom and gatsby because gatsby wants to much from daisy and tom knows. When they all go to the city it is shown that it is very hot and everything is seen as being confused. “Hot! Hot! Hot! Is it hot enough for you? Is it hot?”(Fitzgerald 115). The day is hot and everyone can feel it. The tension is also rising very rapidly The heat and the tension is very hard for everyone to get under control therefore this time in the book is when most of the tension and problems between charectors is