Flashbacks, Allusions, And Irony In 'The Great Gatsby'

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The great gatsby analytical essay Haven Beeh In The Great Gatsby, it is shown that there is this constant theme of Nick Caraway wanting to seek the truth about Gatsby. The biggest thing that Nick wants to find out is where Gatsby came from and how Gatsby knows Daisy. The beginning depicts that Gatsby seems close yet so far from Nick. This essay will tell us how flashbacks, allusions, and irony are related to the theme of speaking the truth. The Great Gatsby is initially about social class but believe it is also about seeking truth. The first literary device seen in the great gatsby is an allusion the book depicts so suddenly and differently from other books. The biggest allusion that is shown is how Gatsby is rich. Gatsby has money but it is new money and it is not guaranteed to stay, along with it not being reliable it is also unknown how he got the money in the first place. Daisy also is an allusion to Gatsby; he loves her but he also believes …show more content…

When looking at the massive amounts of irony there is one of the biggest problems of how Tom Buchanan is upset when Tom finds out that Daisy is having an affair with Gatsby when Tom is also having an affair with Myrtle. When Daisy kills Myrtle by hitting Myrtle with a car all because Myrtle is Tom's mistress, the irony is an example of dramatic irony. The second biggest example of irony is when gatsby nick is the only person at the funeral, when gatsby had the parties it was always filled with people it always was a lavish party. Along with the other reasons there is also the irony of Gatsby's death and Gatsby waiting for Daisy to all but in the end, it was only Nick Gatsby who died of Daisy and is shown to be happy and moving. When thinking about Gatsby it appears that the people who had gone to Gatsby's parties never went to the funeral including