Examples Of Imagery In The Great Gatsby

The American dream is a phantom of an idea created by the aspiring dream of Amercans. In The Great Gatsby, this idea is portrayed by Fitzgerald uncovering the flaws of what his characters most desire. Throughout the novel, it is shown through the success and faults of each character and how they see the American dream. Although the American dream, seen from an outsider's point-of-view, is a way of life that consists of making one’s way to a more wealthy and successful lifestyle – it can be deceiving. As a rebuttal, many characters in The Great Gatsby give justification to the true American dream. No one makes it through the American dream without hardships and sacrifices; whether they are significant or minor (Bechel 151). Throughout The

As shown in the book, the Valley of Ash is the main example of how different life is if one’s not a part of the east or west egg community; but even then there are still obvious moments in the reading that are clear whereas east and west egg are heavily separated (Abu-shoubar 5). In Chapter two, the Valley of Ash is described as “a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens…”(Fitzgerald). Imagery is used to describe in depth how this place is depicted, by the narrator Nick Carraway, which is made out to seem almost disturbing. This also entails how disconnected the rich are from the source of their wealth. In the sense of west egg and east egg, they pretty much separated themselves from each other. West egg – which is new money – is not considered as glamorous as east egg– which is known to be old money (Fitzgerald 9). The people who are considered old money are fortunately classified as nepotists– one who is born from a wealthy or maybe even well-known descent. This group of people live in the east egg where they think of themselves as more classy and knowledgeable on their way of living. East eggers look down on west egg citizens– the people that

From the outside looking in on Gatsby's life, he seems to ‘have it all’. In reality, Jay has nothing that he so deeply desires. He lacks the basics of the American dream since he lacks acceptance and is judged highly by others (Hussain 1). He attempts to impress old money by throwing around new money to fit into the society of success (Taylor 23). Gatsby cheats his way to the top by using false and dishonest tactics to achieve his dream – which is soon to be all for nothing (Jasim 20). Outsiders would kill to live Gatsby’s life- a life of luxury. What these people fail to understand is that the life Jay is living is not what yearns for. All of this new money he has obtained is just to comfort him and his idea of what life could buy with it. Jay Gatsby spends his time romanticizing a phantom of a life he wishes to have (Taylor 24). However, what he fails to realize is that all the new money in the world cannot buy what he truly wants – love. The main purpose of Jay paving his path to reach the American dream was solely for the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan. This is a sad thought considering that Daisy’s ‘love’ for him isn’t as strong as his is for her. Gatsby has a hard time deciphering the difference between love and desire. In the reading of The Great Gatsby, it is clear that Jay’s version of the American dream was his love for Daisy– being able to live out his depiction of true happiness