Houses In The Great Gatsby

III. The “Other” Houses: The Foil of the Main Houses The Buchanan' s home is a foil to Gatsby, it is in their abode that the reader can discern what is distasteful about Gatsby's. Their house, hold in its architecture, everything that exhibits Gatsby mansion as vulgar and counterfeit. For instance, even though their houses exhibits some European attributes, - its french windows, and its Georgian Colonial architecture, it is distinctly American. The “lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front-door for a quarter mile, jumping over sundials and brick-walks and burning gardens- finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of it's run.(8)” . The “ chain of connecting verandas to the porch in

This symbolizes a shift in the way of being, that is characteristic of the Musgroves as they are described by Austen; “ the Musgroves - like their houses were in a state of alteration, perhaps of improvement” (60). They had replaced elegance with humility, and the stuffy furniture of the well-to-do with utensils that brought their family joy, even in disarray with their “little tables placed in every direction” (60). The bustles of Uppercross help create a setting for the Anne Elliott to discover the truth about what makes people worthy and what does not, it is here that she realizes that person worth in in their character rather than their rank and position. The Great Houses interior had been touched by its youth, becoming increasingly “modern” and therefore becoming more warm and welcoming. Rather than being stationary parallel to Kellynch Hall in its possessions, the house moved forward, loosing its classic elegance, however, Austen opens up the question that if the house loosing its elegance is ultimately a bad thing in this changing