Literary Devices In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

The novel The Great Gatsby uses many and impressive examples of literary devices. It is also obvious that the moral of the story is that people may have possession of all material items and money they need, but it is much more important to have healthy relationships and interact with other people. Doing bad things to earn the money and material items will cause up to end up being all alone. This showed to be true as in the ending of the novel; Jay Gatsby had only one person show up for his funeral. His whole life he had possession of all the material items, wealth, and fame he could ever want in life. The one thing he didn’t have was another person whom he had a strong and healthy relationship with. F. Scott Fitzgerald used plenty of examples

Nick wants to be seen as someone who is skeptical and a know-it-all kind of person, but he also wants a world of love and valor. His tone to me sounds like he is contradicting himself throughout the book. The part of the book where Nick evaluates Jordan Baker, or Tom Buchanan, we see his skeptical take on others. Also when he judges and debates Daisy, we know how he sees her, an extremely material girl. But as he starts to see more of Gatsby and watches his love for Daisy, he reveals his thoughts to us and we are able to discover that he is longing to have an idol to appreciate, and he wishes for true chivalry and true love. If you read the novel carefully, paying attention to the feelings and views Nick shares with the reader, instead of what he has to say, you will see the difference in

Scott Fitzgerald uses very good word choice throughout the entire book. But there were times that his word choice stuck out to me. The part of the book in which he expressed Gatsby’s affection toward Daisy Buchanan was one. When Daisy reaches Nick’s house, Gatsby is there waiting to see this woman. While Daisy is in his company “his well-being radiated”(89). The author described Gatsby as being radiant to show how excited he seemed to be to see Daisy. Upon further reading he addresses “her sweet, exciting laugh” (116). Every little thing about Daisy seems to be attractive to Gatsby. Hence, the words “sweet” and “exciting” show his love he has carried for more than five years. Being a man of wealth and prosperity, Gatsby always attempted to show off and attempts to impress Daisy with his riches. Upon attending one of his famous performances, all he could contemplate about was her. Dancing together he could feel “her warm human magic upon the air”(108). Her “warmth” and “magic” show a positive implication which is why he speaks so highly of Daisy. The dedicated style that Fitzgerald uses reveals the true desire and passion for Daisy that Gatsby has kept within himself for the last five years, which he lets all he has felt slip in one