Examples Of Figurative Language In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a textbook example of a tragedy. The story of one man’s five years long dream that was almost brought to fruition before defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory. You can tell how good of a writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is because the novel is rich with irony, figurative language, symbolism, and various other literary aspects that are done in a very compelling way. The overall tone of The Great Gatsby is not what I would really describe as particularly joyful for sorrowful. It is in some kind of limbo creating a more melancholy tone throughout the novel. The book starts off setting up a positive tone with all of the parties and extravagance, but as you continue into the book and learn more about the characters past you

We get to see how the various characters act not through the eyes of an uninvolved omniscient observer but through the eyes of one of the characters himself which really lets you see how the characters act with a person. Such as with Gatsby and his changes throughout the book. In the beginning of the novel Gatsby is shown as an unknown with so many different stories about him some of them contradicting others. Then you finally meet Gatsby, and his character begins to change and take a more coherent shape, but you still don’t know what is true and what is false about him. FInally near the later half of the novel you learn about Gatsby’s past and true dream, and his character finally fully takes shape showing what kind of person he truly

I believe that the single largest obstacle in Gatsby’s path was not Wilson, Tom, Daisy, or anybody else. I believe that his largest obstacle was in fact himself, and his extraordinary hope. Gatsby was so sure of himself the entire time throughout the book that it seemed like he couldn't even fathom that his plan might fail leaving his dream unfulfilled. Another one of his downfalls was he wanted to recreate the past, but unfortunately for him recreating the past is pretty much nigh impossible “ ‘I wouldn’t ask too much of her,’ I ventured. ‘You can’t repeat the past.’ ‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’ (Fitzgerald 116). Gatsby was essentially asking Daisy to completely forget about the five years that she spent with Tom at the drop of a hat. Even if the relationship that Daisy and Tom had was not the best they still had gone through alot of life challenges and even had a kid