Examples Of Figurative Language In The Great Gatsby

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the 1920’s. One way he describes the 1920’s is the reaction of World War 2 was depressing. During the 1920’s the government had gave women’s rights because the flappers were independent women’s. In the 1920’s there was a prohibition when alcohol was banned, people could not drink no more and it was time when corruption and crime began. Also in the 1920’s people had insist with marriage and religion. In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald the setting tool place in the Valley of Ashes, where it is hard to breathe and people who lived in that area did not go outside that much. The Valley of Ashes is a place where it is all dusty and there is a lot of gray clouds in the sky. In the

Daisy and Gatsby finally met in person. Gatsby says “Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching. It had seemed as close as a star to moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted object had diminished by one” (Fitzgerald 93). Fitzgerald uses simile because it is comparing now Gatsby is close to Daisy like a star is close to the moon. This quotes connects to the theme because Gatsby and Daisy come together but the dream vanish. Gatsby only cares about Daisy so the dream he had just disappear so it had become meaningless. This quote also show that the American Dream should just be a dream because it is not possible to reach it. Therefore, since this quotes is significant it is represent the society desire to reach the American Dream but it seems impossible to reach the goal people want to

Nick and Gatsby drive to New York to have some lunch. In this scene the narrator makes the tone sound depressing. Nick says “It was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and too-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns” (Fitzgerald 64). Fitzgerald uses personification because it is comparing how big the car to a person being swollen is. This quote connects to the theme because the author is describing how Gatsby car looks like and how is trying to impress his guests with a luxurious car. Gatsby wants people to see his car he has, so it can make other people happy because he is like them one of those wealthy people. By him showing off his car to other people he is hoping that he would not be isolated. Therefore, this quote is significant because it is showing how you will be able to buy someone to hang out with