Cathy Chen Mrs. Weber AP LIT 17 October 2022 Essay Revision The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, uses alliteration, rebirth, and metaphors, to display Gatsby as a complex character. Gatsby is initially portrayed as a wealthy man who was born into a rich life, but as the novel progresses Fitzgerald develops Gatsby's complex youth that is full of mysterious secrets and devious wants, ultimately illustrating the clash between appearance and reality. He uses alliteration to show Gatsby’s desire for wealth in his life, rebirth after meeting Cody leading to further development in his character, rumors of Gatsby and metaphors comparing Gatsby to the books in his mansion that seem fake and blank, but are actually full of stories. He was an ordinary person working a job but that wasn’t enough for him, he wanted more in his life than as a janitor, “An instinct towards future glory led him…and despising the janitor work.”(1). This shows the development of Gatsby, he wants more than an ordinary job and doesn’t want just an average life so he quits, to find the glory he felt. This brought him to Lake Superior, to find his destiny, “drums of his destiny to destiny itself, and …show more content…
Which involves being a German spy, Killing someone, was always a rich man. These rumors elaborates on the mysteriousness of Gatsby, not many people know who he is and what he does. He also lies himself about his past. He first told Nick about his perfect life, nothing relates to his actual past, but later he tells Nick, “He told me this very much later… caught his breath, to clear this set of misconceptions.” But even this story he has told may not be fully truthful. Showing this complex character as secretive, and deceives the audience on who he is. This also recalls back to the theme showing the rumors and what Gatsby said about himself as true ,but the reality is completely different from what is